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- Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (truly, Kimathi wa Waciuri), (31 October 1920 – 18 February 1957) was a Kenyan rebel leader who fought against British colonization in Kenya in the 1950s. He was convicted and executed by the British colonial government. The British colonial government that ruled Kenya at the time considered him a terrorist, as did "loyalist" Kenyans who supported the British occupation and seizure of Kikuyu lands and opposed the Mau Mau Uprising. According to some sources, under his leadership, the Mau Mau killed at least two thousand Kenyan civilians. The Mau Mau rebels killed only 32 European settlers, and fewer than 200 British soldiers in the eight year uprising. The British in turn killed 20,000 Mau Mau rebels in combat, hanged over 1000 suspected Mau Mau supporters, and interned more than 70,000 Kikuyu civilians for years in brutal detention camps on suspicion of providing material support for the Uprising. In her Pulitzer Prize winning book, "Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya", the Harvard historian Caroline Elkins claimed that during the uprising the British detained over one million Kikuyu in what essentially were concentration camps, exposing them to untold suffering, torture and death. Non-loyalist Kenyans, particularly of the Kikuyu tribe, viewed Kimathi as a freedom fighter, although many on the Kikuyu reserve viewed him as a terrorist, due to the predations of the Mau-Mau on those living on the reserve and to the atrocities committed by the Mau Mau upon them. A particularly good source of turned agents for the Government forces were those former Mau Mau escaping from summary justice handed out by Kimathi, which was followed by death by strangulation. As Kimathi's own band became fewer in number and the government forces became more adept at limiting his movement, Kimathi became more and more paranoid and would execute members of his own band for almost random reasons, usually suspicion of 'spying'. In the end the main force against the remaining Mau Mau led by Kimathi consisted entirely of former Mau Mau who were now working for the Government. The capture of Kimathi would have been nearly impossible without their knowledge and skills because of the vast areas of rough terrain which hid the Mau Mau and Kimathi. His capture was beyond the ability of the regular forces in this region and he had a legendary and almost supernatural ability to evade capture. His reputation as the leading fighter for Kenyan freedom remains today, and a bronze statue of "Freedom Fighter Dedan Kimathi" on a graphite plinth has been erected in central Nairobi.
- Dedan Kimathi war ein kenianischer Rebellenführer im Mau-Mau-Aufstand in Kenia, das zu dieser Zeit unter der Herrschaft der britischen Krone stand. Er wurde des Terrorismus beschuldigt und von der britischen Kolonialregierung gehängt. Viele sehen und sahen in ihm jedoch einen Freiheitskämpfer.
- Dedan Kimathi Wachiuri, född 31 oktober 1920 i Tetu, Kenya, avrättad 18 februari 1957, var en kenyansk motståndsman och gerillaledare i Mau-Mau-rörelsen. Kimathi var en av Mau-Mau-rörelsens främsta förgrundsfigurer under det blodiga motståndet mot den brittiska kolonialmakten, då 20 000 Mau-Mau-rebeller och 200 brittiska soldater, samt omkring 1 000 misstänkta Mau-Mau-sympatisörer hängdes och 23 vita bosättare dödades. Han titulerades fältmarskalk av sina anhängare och var stämplad som terrorist av de brittiska myndigheterna.
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- Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (truly, Kimathi wa Waciuri), (31 October 1920 – 18 February 1957) was a Kenyan rebel leader who fought against British colonization in Kenya in the 1950s. He was convicted and executed by the British colonial government. The British colonial government that ruled Kenya at the time considered him a terrorist, as did "loyalist" Kenyans who supported the British occupation and seizure of Kikuyu lands and opposed the Mau Mau Uprising.
- Dedan Kimathi war ein kenianischer Rebellenführer im Mau-Mau-Aufstand in Kenia, das zu dieser Zeit unter der Herrschaft der britischen Krone stand. Er wurde des Terrorismus beschuldigt und von der britischen Kolonialregierung gehängt. Viele sehen und sahen in ihm jedoch einen Freiheitskämpfer.
- Dedan Kimathi Wachiuri, född 31 oktober 1920 i Tetu, Kenya, avrättad 18 februari 1957, var en kenyansk motståndsman och gerillaledare i Mau-Mau-rörelsen. Kimathi var en av Mau-Mau-rörelsens främsta förgrundsfigurer under det blodiga motståndet mot den brittiska kolonialmakten, då 20 000 Mau-Mau-rebeller och 200 brittiska soldater, samt omkring 1 000 misstänkta Mau-Mau-sympatisörer hängdes och 23 vita bosättare dödades.
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