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    example of how disagreements within the government can turn into violence and uprising within a

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    catalyst for nationalism Educated Africans to fight for rights Made them want to succeed in modern world Nationalistic Leaders Jomo Kenyatta Spent years in England gaining support for native Kenyans Imprisoned for the Mau Mau uprising in 1952 First President of Kenya (1964 – 1978) Leopold Senghor Senegalese poet and politician and 1st president of Senegal (1960–1980) Held up by France as the personification of assimilation Studied at the Sorbonne

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    Introduction The first missionaries to settle on the East African coast were Portuguese Roman Catholics. By 1557 they had established monasteries at Mombasa and Lamu‚ Kenyan coastal towns. The second wave of Christian missionaries included the Lutherans‚ who were sent to Kenya through the Church Missionary Society (CMS). Among these were Johann Ludwig Krapf‚ Johann Rebman‚ and Jacob Erhadt. As the missionaries established themselves on the mainland‚ they started schools as a means of converting

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    family (Mr. and Mrs. Smithers‚ and Lance) did not trust their laborers because one knows who is and who not part of the Mau Mau. Mathew’s parents have always believed that their good relationship with their laborers Mau. They think that anyone can be against them and that would keep them safe. Lances parents decided that no one laborer is trustful because they are all capable of being Mau they should not trust anyone who is not white. This is shown when the Smithers and the Graysons quarrel about whether

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    Pratchet‚ on a boat not far from where Mau was trouble was brewing. On an island called “the island of boys”‚ a distant wave grew larger than any other wave ever named. This was later called “The Wave” by all of the islanders that arrived in the aftermath of the wave on the island called the Nation. The main characters are named Mau and Daphne‚ both around 14‚ Mau being the islander and Daphne the “Trousermen”‚ basically anyone not from the island that wore clothes. Mau was able to communicate with the

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    during the holiday. Nonetheless‚ the Communists launched an attack that began during the early morning hours of 30 January 1968‚ the first day of Tet. In Vietnamese‚ the offensive is commonly called Tết Mậu Thân (Tet‚ year of the monkey). Military planners called it the "General Offensive and Uprising" (Cuộc Tổng tiến công và nổi dậy). The Communists launched a wave of attacks on the morning of 30 January in the I and II Corps Tactical Zones of South Vietnam. This early attack did not lead to widespread

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    written by Terry Pratchett. It is talking about a boy named Mau‚ his village has been destroyed by a huge wave‚ and he was the only survivor. He met a trouser man Daphne‚ the only survivor of The Sweet Rudy‚ they came from different world with different languages‚ different rules. Since more and more survivors came‚ Nation became a small village. However‚ they need to face the biggest challenge‚ Raiders. The main character except Mau is Daphne. Since the ghost girl came to the island‚ she had many

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    the beginnings of the breakup of the Empire as far back as 1947 with India’s & Pakistan’s independence‚ Churchill’s delusions of Imperialism cost Britain greatly‚ his stubborn stance against decolonisation led to many violent uprisings‚ most notably in Malaya and the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya‚ both costly and ultimately unsuccessful for Britain. In took until MacMillan before decolonisation sped up‚ this meant a period of far too long when Britain attempted to cling on to the Empire‚ a very costly

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    The essay of “Groom Service” and “The Return” “Groom Service” by Michael Anthony Dorris and “The Return” by Ngugi wa Thiongo are two short story which have the common theme of “love” and the common situation of “ the marriage”. Although the two stories have common themes and situation related to acceptance‚ acknowledgement‚ and recognition‚ the difference between the two story influence the meaning a lot. The common theme of story is “love”. The protagonist in “Groom Service”‚ Bernard‚ had

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    Malinowski and wrote his influential book Facing Mount Kenya (1938). On returning to Africa‚ Kenyatta was elected president of the new Kenya African Union (later‚ Kenya African National Union‚ or KANU). In 1952 he was charged with leading the Mau Mau Rebellion against the British‚ and‚ despite his denials‚ he was sentenced to seven years in prison and two years in exile. Released in 1961‚ he assumed the presidency of KANU. In 1963‚ when Kenya gained independence‚ Kenyatta became prime minister

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