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Cant wait for all the anti-cracker-aktion tears this year

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I thought Mau Mau was a name the Bri*ish imposed on Kenyan resistance groups rather than a name they used themselves?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Apparently the main revolutionary who said this also said they claimed it as their own. All the possible origins are really neat, and it seems pretty clear the British didn't create the name but rather chose it from the movement's phrases or someplace local as a means of denying the KFLA name which would imply political legitimacy.

    Which KFLA also sounds cool as hell when said phonetically

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