Ay, Selma! They celebrate it because it was their fight for independence, bloodily fought and bloodily suppressed. Regards, Victor
--- On Sun, 8/10/08, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Mau Mau Film Festival To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 5:18 AM Dear Mervyn, Just out of curiosity, why do the Kenyans celebrate Mau Mau? Wasn't it a rather unpleasant part of their history. I am trying to gather some information on this and am particularly interested in the role Goans might have played and where their sympathies lay. many thanks, selma --- On Sun, 8/10/08, Mervyn & Elsie Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mervyn & Elsie Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] The Mau Mau Film Festival > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 3:57 AM > Today(10th Aug) is the last day of the festival in Nairobi. > A great treat for those in Nairobi interested in this slice > of Kenya's > history. > > 2.30PM: KENYATTA: THE FINAL PART IN THE TRILOGY BY > DAVID KOFF ON IMAGES > OF COLONISATION AND INDEPENDENCE IN KENYA (52 MINS) > > The second film is on the 'Untold story of the Cuban > Five', and the > > final film is an interesting documentary on Malcolm X > > Be interesting to hear comments from any goanetters in > Kenya who may > > have attended this film festival. > > > > Mervyn