Tragedy and Vindication for Colonial Kenya: Faculty Insight with Caroline Elkins 

A wonderful researcher, thinker and speaker. And such integrity.

Remember: As a result of this book a court case took place in London which resulted in the British Govt. were successfully sued and th Govt paid over £20 million pounds. Well done Caroline.

Caroline I am originally from Kenya - a kikuyu - and went to the former Prince of Wales (Nairobi School) though from a much younger generation. Our Grand Fathers - Kikuyu Land Freedom Army (Mau Mau) were brutally killed by the British, the story was spun by the British and the history concealed and wiped out, however we have lots of oral and historical data in Kenya . This is common knowledge in Kenya but largely unknown around the World. Thank you for your accurate research and for telling this piece of Kenyan History accurately. The stories we grew up hearing from senior citizens were horrendous and this history is also taught in the Public School system. In our National Anthem we have these words in the second verse speaking to this part of our history....." "And our Homeland of Kenya, Heritage of splendor, Firm may we stand to defend." We have since moved on and developed as a country and taken huge strides to develop our Nation and moved past that part of our history - but we keep that history fresh in our minds through National Holidays such as (google) Madaraka Day* 1st June. Mashujaa Day* 20th October. Jamhuri (Independence) Day* 12th December. incase that tragedy were to try reoccur again - we are now fully woke and ready to dance!!!

Fantastic insight into establishment terror by a colonial power and congratulations to the author. A bit disappointed though, that England's original training ground for their terror - Ireland, where they perfected their art of torture, brutality, child slavery, mass genocide - was not mentioned throughout her book.

Think about what would have happened if Britain instead won hearts and minds by example, giving everyone in the empire equal opportunity to pursue liberty, happiness, fair share of resources and markets, build schools and hospitals, being the defenders of equal justice under fair and sane law, Britain would have been a hallmark of an empire today. But they chose pride over humility, ego, over reason, cruelty over justice, not knowing that everything they did to their subjects in an effort to maintain empire, they did it to themselves and lost in the end. Violence against humanity has no statute of limitations.

Now that the veil of secrecy has been lifted on the atrocities committed in Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency perhaps Caroline Elkins could turn her attention to the CIA-inspired genocide in Indonesia that began in 1965. Between one and three million people throughout Java and Bali were mercilessly butchered in the most inhumane manner.

The files still not yet seen 50+ years on is quite disturbing!

Great Broadcast great historian!

Sad that people still take her seriously.

She is a genius.

Thanks for helping tell the truth.

The Germans came as the last to "protect" Africans and then became the most criminal colonial "masters", especially in Namibia.

She is beautiful.

she is just like everyone else.throws stones lol

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