Mau Maus Mau Maus Mau Maus was the name of a 1950s street gang in New York City. The book and the adapted film "The Cross and the Switchblade" and biography "Run Baby Run" document the life of its most famous leader Nicky Cruz. Their name was derived from the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya. Nicky Cruz wrote a book about his experiences called "Run Baby Run". Israel Narvaez committed his life to God and wrote a book called "Second Chance: The Israel Narvaez Story". David Wilkerson wrote a biography "The Cross and the Switchblade" and a film of the same name
Mau Mau Uprising time, the Mau Mau attacks were mostly well organised and planned. The Mau Mau command, contrary to the Home Guard who were stigmatised as "the running dogs of British Imperialism", were relatively well educated. General Gatunga had previously been a respected and well read Christian teacher in his local Kikuyu community. He was known to meticulously record his attacks in a series of five notebooks, which when executed were often swift and strategic, targeting loyalist community leaders he had previously known as a teacher. The Mau Mau military strategy was mainly guerrilla attacks launched under the cover of dark. They