Mau Mau Uprising to them as "the White Mau Mau". Second, the brutality of Mau Mau attacks on civilians made it easy for the movement's opponents—including native Kenyan and loyalist security forces—to adopt a totally dehumanised view of Mau Mau adherents. A variety of persuasive techniques were initiated by the colonial authorities to punish and break Mau Mau's support: Baring ordered punitive communal-labour, collective fines and other collective punishments, and further confiscation of land and property. By early 1954, tens of thousands of head of livestock had been taken, and were allegedly never returned. Detailed accounts of the policy of seizing livestock from
Mau-Mau (card game) Mau-Mau (card game) Mau-Mau is a card game for 2 to 5 players that is popular in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, the United States, Brazil, Poland, and the Netherlands. Mau-Mau is a member of the larger Crazy Eights or shedding family, to which e.g. the proprietary card games of Uno and Flaps belong. However Mau-Mau is played with standard French or German-suited playing cards. Rules for Mau have existed at least since the 1930s. The game originated in Germany. The aim is to be first to get rid of all of one's cards. Most of the time, the winner will