1. Mau Mau - Verb
2. Mau Mau - Proper noun
A group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya, who were noted in Europe for their (alleged) extreme violence and brutality.
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mau-mau (third-person singular simple present mau-maus, present participle mau-mauing, simple past and past participle mau-maued)
(transitive) To menace through intimidating tactics; to intimidate, harass; to terrorize.
mau-mau
But then if you think about it, his perspective as growing up in Kenya with a Kenyan father and grandfather, their view of the Mau Mau Revolution in Kenya is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing that the British were a bunch of imperialists who persecuted his grandfather. Mike Huckabee
Because of lack of evidence linking Kenyatta to the Mau Mau, although convicted, he did not receive the death penalty, but was sentenced to several years of hard labor and banned from Kenya. Source: Internet
East Africa main The Mau Mau Uprising took place in Kenya from 1952 until 1956 but was put down by British and local forces. Source: Internet
Mau Mau carried out many atrocities with the violence on all sides reflecting the ferocity of the movement and the ruthlessness with which the British suppressed it. Source: Internet
Now he found himself pulled away from anthropology to investigate the Mau Mau. Source: Internet
On the other hand, he continued to advocate for the Kikuyu in his 1954 book Defeating Mau Mau and numerous talks and articles. Source: Internet