#maumau — Public Fediverse posts

Before I head out for the day ->
Recommended #documentary film.

Between 1952 and 1960, Britain fought a vicious war in Kenya against the anticolonial Mau Mau movement. It was an exceptionally bloody conflict, with atrocities committed on both sides. For decades, many of the worst abuses by British colonial forces were kept hidden. Piecing together survivor testimonies and expert analysis from British and Kenyan historians, this film tells a complete and detailed story for the first time of how Britain was involved in systemic torture – including accounts of murders, rapes and forced castrations.

A Very British Way of Torture is a film by Ed McGown and produced by Rob Newman.

Document archive is courtesy of the UK National Archives.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K4sSGd2w_rk

#ColonialViolence #GlobalSouth #Kenya #BritishColonizers #Colonialism #AfricanHistory #HumanHistory #Geopolitics #BritishHistory #ColonialExploitation #ColonialAbuses #MauMau #ColonialResistance #Decolonization #Educational #DocFilm #Africa #BlackHistory #POCstories #LearnHistory #SystematicRacism #Torture #WarCrimes #UKhistory #ColonialAtrocities #historians #history

https://archive.org/details/kaburi-bila-msalaba

Kaburi Bila Msalaba: Hadithi Ya Vita Vya Mau Mau by P. M. Kareithi; Terry Hirst

Topics
#MauMau, #Kenya, #historia, #Kiswahili, #ukoloni, #milkiyauingereza, #milkiyabritania, #vita, #kujikomboakitaifa, #mapambano, #hadithi

"Kila msomaji amalizae kusoma hadithi hii hataacha kujiuliza nafsi yake kama anatimiza wajibu wake katika ujenzi wa taifa hili."

https://archive.org/details/mzalendo-kimathi

Mzalendo Kimathi by Mîcere Gîthae Mũgo; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o; Raphael Kahaso

Topics
#DedanKimathi, #MauMau, #Kenya, #Milkiyauingereza, #Milkiyabritania, #ukoloni, #tamthilia, #tamthiliya, #kujikomboakitaifa, #vita, #historia, #historiayaKenya, #Kiswahili

"Yamesemwa na kuandikwa mengi juu ya kiini cha mapambano ya Mau Mau na vikosi vya Wakoloni Waingereza. Lakini je, kiini hiki kimezungumiziwa vya kutosha katika fasihi ya Kenya? Ni kwa nini fasihi hii imewadunisha wazalendo na kuwafanya wasioweza kuiunda historia yao? Kwa nini waimbaji wetu Kenya hawajapata kuimba nyimbo za kuwasifu mashujaa kama Dedan Kimathi na ujasiri wao? Historia na matendo waliyoyaandika wanahistoria na waandishi wengine ni vya nani?"