Mau Mau Uprising 1950s progressed, nationalist intransigence increasingly rendered official plans for political development irrelevant, meaning that after the mid-1950s British policy increasingly accepted Kenyan nationalism and moved to co-opt its leaders and organisations into collaboration. It has been argued that the conflict helped set the stage for Kenyan independence in December 1963, or at least secured the prospect of Black-majority rule once the British left. However, this is disputed and other sources downplay the contribution of Mau Mau to decolonisation. On 12 September 2015, the British government unveiled a Mau Mau memorial statue in Nairobi's Uhuru Park that it had funded "as
Gallery Mau Mau Roper, M&G January 30-Feb 5 1998 "Sharp contrasts make potent stuff", Benita Munitz, Cape Times "Of Freaks and Pervs", Dennis Mair, M&G "Mau Mau offers a feast of schlocky horror flieks", Ian McDonald, Argust Tonight, 1997 "B-Grade Movie mini-festival", staff reporter, Cape Times "Lesson One, Manipulate the Mainstream", Dennis Mair, M&G, November 22–28, 1996 "Photocopy art on show", Gary van Dyk, Argus Tonight Pillaging the Spoken Word", Tracy Murinik, M&G July, 10-16 1998 "Photo experiment at gallery," Leonard Shapiro, Cape Times July 22, 1998 Gallery Mau Mau Gallery Mau Mau (1996–1998) was a counter-culture "art space" situated in Cape Town,