Mau Mau Uprising 'Our Grandfathers' (—Twenda kwikala ta maau mau maitu, tuithye ngombe to Maau mau maitu, nundu nthi ino ni ya maau mau maitu). Some have argued that it is an acronym for "Mzungu Aende Ulaya Mwafrica Apate Uhuru". Others have claimed that it was coined from the term "UMA UMA", a communication code used by the guerrillas. Dominated by the Kikuyu people, Meru people and Embu people, the "Mau Mau" also comprised units of Kamba and Maasai peoples who fought against the white European colonist-settlers in Kenya, the British Army, and the local Kenya Regiment (British colonists, local auxiliary militia, and
Khairabad, Mau Khairabad, Mau Khairabad is a census town in Mau district, in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh India. It is located on the Mau-Azamgarh route, adjacent to Muhammadabad Gohna Khairabad as of census 2011, had a population of 12,056. Males constitute 51% of the total population while females constitute 49%. Khairabad has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy rate is 65%, and female literacy is 54%. In Khairabad, 23% of the population is under 6 years of age. The main occupation here is the production of sarees from silk, cotton, mercerized,