Mau-Mau Cave Mau-Mau Cave Located near Nanyuki, about 199.2 km North East of Nairobi in Kenya's Central Province, the Mau Mau Cave was used as a hide-out by Kenyan Freedom Fighters during the Mau Mau Uprising of 1952 to 1960. It is located approximately 18 km south of the equator inside the thick Mount Kenya National Park. The cave was discovered in 1953 by the Mau Mau freedom fighters fighting the British colonial government soon after the declaration of the State of Emergency in 1952. It was bombed by British forces in 1959 after the location was obtained from a member of
Mau Mau Island Alfred Tredway White and Frederic Pratt with the requirement that it become parkland. In the 1930s, sand excavated during construction of the Belt Parkway was added to the island. Subsequently, patches of asphalt were laid on top to prevent the sand from blowing onto the nearby Marine Park Golf Course. In 2011, the New York City Parks Department began a restoration project on the island, with the goal of restoring salt marsh and bird habitat. 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