Mau Mau (band) Mau Mau (band) Mau Mau is an Italian band from Turin. It was formed in 1991 as a continuation of the underground cult group I Loschi Dezi. The band, which mixes African and Latin traditions, was formed in 1991 by Luca Morino and Fabio Barovero, from the Piedmont region of Italy, and Bienvenu Tatè Nsongan, from Cameroon. The band's name has a double meaning: it references the Kenyan Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule, and, in the Piedmontese language, "Mau Mau" designates "people who come from afar". The band released their first EP, "Soma la macia" ("We are the
Mau Mau Island Mau Mau Island Mau Mau Island, also called White Island, is a small uninhabited island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located between Gerritsen Creek and Mill Creek in Marine Park. Historically, the area around Mau Mau Island was a salt marsh with shifting topography. The island came into existence permanently after 1917, as dumping led to the current shoreline. The area was uninhabited by European settlers until the last 1700's, when a mill and bridge were built. It was donated by the City of New York in the early 1930s, along with much of Marine Park, by