ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Mau Mau Film Festival
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 7:22 AM
--- On Mon, 8/11/08, CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A
--- On Mon, 8/11/08, CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Although I was still at school during the well
> reported Emergency that used British troops, fighter
> aircraft etc to destroy Mau Mau in the forests and the
> surrounding areas,
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Hi Cornel,
Thanks for
Hi Selma
I have jumped many posts to reply to yours on the Mau
Mau.
Mau Mau was definitely an indigenous war against
colonial rule as well as against white settler
hegemony in Kenya. The colonial Government at the time
was in hock with the settlers although the British
Government had made it cle
Ay, Selma! They celebrate it because it was their fight for independence,
bloodily fought and bloodily suppressed.
Regards,
Victor
--- On Sun, 8/10/08, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Mau Mau Film Festival
To: &qu
Dear Selma,
Good question.
While the Mau Mau uprising is viewed as 'evil' and unpleasant in colonial
eyes, I think the Africans(esp. the Kikuyu, Embu, Meru and some Wakamba and
Luo) see it as a victory over colonial suppression, and hence the need to
celebrate what they achieved, albeit through a
Guess it depends who's telling the story :-) Goa too has its
"unpleasant parts" which it cherishes today. Fighting colonialism
comes at a price, exceptions of Clement Atlee and the needs of British
imperialism in the 1940s apart. FN
2008/8/10 Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Just out of curiosity,
selma
--- On Sun, 8/10/08, Mervyn & Elsie Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Mervyn & Elsie Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] The Mau Mau Film Festival
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 3:57 AM
> Today(10th Aug) is
Today(10th Aug) is the last day of the festival in Nairobi.
A great treat for those in Nairobi interested in this slice of Kenya's
history.
2.30PM: KENYATTA: THE FINAL PART IN THE TRILOGY BY DAVID KOFF ON IMAGES
OF COLONISATION AND INDEPENDENCE IN KENYA (52 MINS)
The second film is on the 'U
