“Forgive & forget,” Kenyatta urged.
But Britain had already hidden the proof of torture and oppression.
Right To History uncovers the buried files—and the resilience of Kenyan memory.
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New documentary Right to History reveals how colonial archives were erased and hidden—while Kenyans kept fighting to remember.
It asks: how do we relate to a past that power tried to erase?
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In Dec 2024 the UK gave Kenya digital versions of archives it secretly took, framing it as “understanding shared history.”
But decades of erasure have already warped how colonial violence is remembered—and how we live today.
#TheRightToHistory #HiddenArchives #Kenya #Colonialism

From 1967 to 2009, Britain denied Kenya’s stolen archives even existed.
A Mau Mau veterans’ case finally forced the truth: the files had been hidden in the UK all along.
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Burned to ash.
Dumped at sea.
Handled only by Europeans.
The British government issued precise instructions to destroy colonial records—an organized effort to erase evidence of atrocities in Kenya. #TheRightToHistory #OperationLegacy

The truth is harrowing: colonial files from Kenya’s Emergency revealed torture, sexual abuse, forced labor, and mass killings. One described a District Officer who “roasted one African alive.”

Thousands of these records were destroyed. Others were secretly hidden in Britain until the 2000s.

Operation Legacy: Britain’s campaign to burn or fly out colonial files as Kenya neared independence. Designed to silence victims, it reshaped how we remember our past. #Kenya #Colonialism #Archives #TheRightToHistory