İNGİLİZ KOLONİSİ KENYA´NIN BAĞIMSIZLIK MÜCADELESİ: MAU MAU HAREKETİ

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 15 - 32, 25.12.2019

Hüseyin Günarslan

Abstract

Bu çalışma İngiltere´nin bir kolonisi olan Kenya´nın bağımsızlık mücadelesini gerçekleştiren Mau Mau hareketini ele almaktadır. Mau Mau hareketinin gerçekleştirdiği faaliyetlerin tespit edilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışma ile hareket mensuplarının İngilizlere karşı vermiş olduğu mücadele sayesinde Kenya´nın bağımsızlığına giden sürecin başladığı tespit edilmiştir. İngilizlerin sıkıyönetim altında Mau Mau hareketi mensuplarına ve Kenya halkına aşırı şiddet ve işkence uyguladığı belirlenmiştir. Kenya´nın en büyük kabilesi olan Kikuyu halkına mensup bir milyon kişinin zorla göç ettirildiği, Mau Mau hareketine mensup binlerce kişinin toplama kamplarında işkence altında öldürüldükleri ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Mau Mau hareketinin İngilizlerin orantısız güç kullanımı altında etkisini kaybetmesine rağmen Kenya halkının bağımsızlık mücadelesinden vazgeçmediği ve nihayetinde İngilizler´den bağımsızlıklarını dökülen kanları ile aldıklarına dikkat çekilmiştir.

Keywords

Kenya, İngiltere, Mau Mau, Toplama Kampları, İşkence, Katliam

BRITISH COLONY KENYA'S INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE: MAU MAU MOVEMENT

Abstract

This study deals with the Mau Mau movement, which is a colony of England, fighting for the independence of Kenya. It is aimed to determine the activities of Mau Mau movement. It was determined that the process leading to the independence of Kenya began through the struggle of the members of the movement by the British. It was found that the British, under extreme command, used the extreme violence and torture to the Kenyan people and the Mau Mau movement. It has been revealed that a million people from Kikuyu, the largest tribe in Kenya, were forcibly displaced and thousands of people from the Mau Mau movement were killed in torture in concentration camps. It was noted that the Mau Mau movement did not give up the struggle of independence of the people of Kenya despite the British's loss of power under the use of disproportionate force, and ultimately received their independence from the British.

Keywords

Kenya, England, Mau Mau, Detention Camps, Torture, Massacre

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