Post: They called them savages animals. But the Mau Mau were soldiers of justice, fighting for freedom... They called them savages animals. But the Mau Mau were soldiers of justice, fighting for freedom from the tyranny of the British colonial Empire. In the nineteen fifties, deep in the Highlands of Kenya, black warriors rose against the British crown. They weren't begging for freedom. They were taking it by force. Armed with oaths, spears and spirit. The Mau Mau struck fear into the heart of the British Empire and the British. They responded with terror, torture camps, mass executions over one point five million Native Kenyans detained. But the Mau Mau kept fighting. We are not fighting to be equal, we are fighting to be free. The warriors chanted in their native tongue. Their blood watered the roots of Kenyan independence. This WA isn't rebellion. It was revolution. The British Empire didn't fall peacefully. The native Black Africans made it full share. Believe, inspire blacks, be.

Post: They called them savages animals. But the Mau Mau were soldiers of justice, fighting for freedom...: They called them savages animals. But the Mau Mau were soldiers of justice, fighting for freedom from the tyranny of the British… #Pittman #calledsavages #savagesanimals #animalssoldiers