Mau Maus would become known as the Capeman Murders after the costume worn by Agrón and Paul Simon's Broadway musical "The Capeman" was based upon the life of Agrón. 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
Mau Mau Uprising Mau", claim it was an anagram of "Uma Uma" (which means "get out get out") and was a military codeword based on a secret language-game Kikuyu boys used to play at the time of their circumcision. Majdalany goes on to state that the British simply used the name as a label for the Kikuyu ethnic community without assigning any specific definition. As the movement progressed, a Swahili backronym was adopted: "Mzungu Aende Ulaya, Mwafrika Apate Uhuru" meaning "Let the foreigner go back abroad, let the African regain independence". J.M. Kariuki, a member of Mau Mau who was detained during the