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Mau Mau Uprising.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023, S. 3
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Nachschlagewerk
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The Mau Mau uprising, aside from being one of the most serious nationalist challenges to British colonial rule in Africa, was to a large extent a conflict over land. Kenya was a British settler colony, meaning that European immigration was encouraged. The settlers, who never numbered more than 1 percent of the population, occupied much of the best land of the country, the so-called White Highlands, beginning in the early twentieth century. Although few in number, settler farms could be quite large and accounted for the bulk of Kenya’s agricultural exports. The settlers also exercised considerable power in the government. The African residents of this area, mainly the Kikuyu, provided much of the labor for the white farms, and large numbers were tenants (squatters) on land claimed by whites. As many as one-fourth of all Kikuyu lived on white farms. The remainder were restricted to their own reserve areas. Land hunger increased as the Kikuyu population increased.
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Mau Mau Uprising.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Welliver, T. K. |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023, S. 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | Nachschlagewerk |
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