Thank you. Some people survive against the odds, others have a minor mishap and expire. It's unpredictable. I have twice been right in the the centre of an explosion and escaped utterly unscathed, with damage all around me. It's enough to drive one to religion!
(I also bear scars from where I was not unscathed. )
But I've reached 77 years so far. My present battle is against a slow acting but incurable cancer of my immune system, but even without any medication my body seems to be holding out, in fact at the last check-up my IgM levels had dropped. So who knows?

@Petter I want to stand close to you...you have my admiration!!

@Freedompath Thank you. There are indeed wonderful people on this site.

Re: the Mau Mau, anything but.
Following the 148 independence of India, About two years prior to the 1952 elections for Kenya's legislative gouncil ( a sort of parliament comprising some dozen Europeans and half dozen Asians, and which had powers over internal matters) it was announced that the council was to be given greater authority over Kenya's affairs and also told that the elections for 1957 would also have seats for 8 African members, as a precursor Kenya being awarded complete independence.
(Africans had a series of local tribal councils, to deal with the affairs of the many tribes. (Kenya has 42 tribes, many of which have sub-groups, which can be divided into 3 main categories according to their language classification. (Think of European nations as tribes, with Geordies, Brummies, Cornish, etc being sub-groups of the English tribe, and then divide them into the latin language group, Italy, France, Spain, Romania etc as opposed to the Germanic language group, Germany, Scandinavia, Poland etc. Then allow for the Celtic language group, found in Scotland, Ireland, Brittany and Asturias) Bloody complex, eh?
This greater authority announcement led to various politically active Africans seeking to enhance their power base, especially a man called Jomo Kenyatta, A Kikuyu from the Western branch of the tribe. Other prominent Africans also sought power, and various "youth wings" were formed. (sound familiar?)
Eventually, a wing of Kenyatta's group started agitating for immediate power and were opposed, naturally, by other tribes, and especially by the Eastern Kikuyu groupings, who joined the security services to oppose Kenyatta's group. Kenyatta was tried and imprisoned for incitement.
During the entire Mau Mau uprising, 32 Europeans and 26 Asians were killed. By contrast, nearly 2,000 Africans were killed by their fellow Africans.
Violence bred violence, and atrocities were committed on both sides, until the Mau Mau was mainly suppressed by 1957, although pockets of them remained in the bamboo forests of the Aberdare hills.
[liquisearch.com]

@Petter Mau Mau Uprising - Wikipedia [cmcm.com]