Mau Mau Uprising attempt to eliminate Mau Mau's presence within Nairobi in one fell swoop. 25,000 members of British security forces under the control of General George Erskine were deployed as Nairobi was sealed off and underwent a sector-by-sector purge. All native Kenyans were taken to temporary barbed-wire enclosures, whereafter those who were not Kikuyu, Embu or Meru were released; those who were remained in detention for screening. Whilst the operation itself was conducted by Europeans, most suspected members of Mau Mau were picked out of groups of the Kikuyu-Embu-Meru detainees by a native Kenyan informer. Male suspects were then taken off for
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,