The Forty Group was a Kenyan society or organization of the mid-twentieth century constituted primarily of members of the Kenya African Union in their 40s who joined with the aim of using violence to make their voice heard. The name is a translation of the Kĩkũyũ phrase Kiama kia 40, which means The Young Men of 40. The organization was also called Anake a 40.
The organization consisted mainly of men fresh from service in World War II.
It was founded by Mwangi Macharia and gradually evolved into part of the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s.
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