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Hiero
17th July 2006, 14:56
Cool picture.

http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/0122004/bpictures/MauMau3.jpg
Fidelbrand
17th July 2006, 15:10
Gangster's paradise? ( see the guy on the far left) :D
Black Dagger
17th July 2006, 18:14
What's the significance of the text?
Wiesty
17th July 2006, 19:56
nice pic
Hiero
18th July 2006, 12:28
Originally posted by Black [email protected] 18 2006, 02:15 AM
What's the significance of the text?
I don't have a clue, i thought maybe Mau Mau meant "My enemy my friend". I'm only assuming they are Mau Mau. I got it from this website.

http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-voj...0122004/mau.asp (http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/0122004/mau.asp)
Black Dagger
18th July 2006, 17:35
Originally posted by Hiero
i thought maybe Mau Mau meant "My enemy my friend"

That's a reasonable assumption, thank you for the link.
RedAnarchist
18th July 2006, 17:38
According to Google, "My Enemy My Friend" was a novel about/involving the Mau Mau.
Black Dagger
18th July 2006, 17:52
It could also be the literal meaning?
RedAnarchist
18th July 2006, 17:56
Originally posted by Black [email protected] 18 2006, 03:53 PM
It could also be the literal meaning?
Mau Mau is a term of uncertain origin. Sources disagree as to whether it is an actual word, while some claim that it is the name of a range of hills and others claim that it was created by British settlers to demean the rebels and simplify their complicated organizational structure. Mau Mau may be an acronym for "Mzungu Aende Ulaya — Mwafrika Apate Uhuru". This Swahili phrase translates in English to, "Let the white man go back abroad so the African can get his independence." The Kikuyu did not call the rebel movement Mau Mau, but called it Muingi ("The Movement"), Muigwithania ("The Unifier"), Muma wa Uiguano ("The Oath of Unity") or simply "The KCA", after the Kikuyu Central Association that created the impetus for the insurgency.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau