History of Kenya
Mrs.
Nardi's 9th Grade World History Class
Lenox Memorial High School, Lenox, Massachusetts
Questions to Consider
KLFA
1. How does Ngugi regard the sacrifice of the real Wayaki?
2. In what city did the youth wing of the KCA begin?
3. How, geographically, is this a symbolic area of Kikuyuland?
4. How did the symbolism of the oath shift to favor older more conservative traditions?
5.Considering the situation of the young Kikuyu, how did this movement spread so fast?
6. How many people took the Oath of Unity?
7. Why was there more than one oath?
8. Who are the "bwana"?
9. Describe Wambui Wayaki Otieno's experience as a Mau Mau recruit?
10. What methods did the Mau Mau freedom fighters use to recruit members?
11. Why did they give up on political strategy as a means of change?
12. Why were the British so unwilling to consider their demands as legitimate even in the face of many clearly defined grievances?
13. Where the young freedom fighters prepared to do battle with the colonial administration?
14. What event precipitated their flight to the forest reserves?
15. What foolish move on the part of the British created an even greater flood of rebels?
16. What traditions went with the Mau Mau into the forests and hindered their fight against the British?
17. Who arrived in Kenya at the moment when the assassinations began?
18. How did the kilings of whites compare to the killing of blacks?
19. Explain why the killing of blacks was far greater than the killing of whites?
20. Why do you think the Mau Mau used a panga as frequently as any other weapon?