Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site iham1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!twitch!hocad!houxm!ihnp4!iham1!cbd From: cbd@iham1.UUCP (Carl Deitrick) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Another Off the Wall Request Message-ID: <228@iham1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 17:55:14 EDT Article-I.D.: iham1.228 Posted: Thu Oct 4 17:55:14 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Oct-84 05:32:19 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 20 If one has terminal curiosity (no pun intended) and no access to some place like the NYC Public Library, USENET is the greatest thing since paperback books! No matter how esoteric the subject, someone out there knows something about it. Let's see what comes out of this. Lately I've read several books about professional hunters in East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, etc. or whatever the names are today). Those books mention something called a Mau-Mau rebellion in that region in the early 1950s, how bloody it was and how the white residents of that region put it down rather violently. Evidently, the mood of the white residents was "There is no quarter asked, none given, and there are no prisoners taken." Books by Robert Ruark relate some incidental stories about the Mau-Mau rebellion and say that there were "terrible" oaths taken by the natives when they joined the rebels. Pretty enticing stuff, eh? Are there any history students out there who can tell me the back- ground of this rebellion? Why did it happen? What were these "oathing" ceremonies? How did the white residents manage to put the rebellion down? All the pertinent details will be appreciated, as will pointers to books that give more information. Thanks in advance. Carl Deitrick iham1!cbd