Museum of British Colonialism
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Transnational network confronting British colonialism UK, Kenya, and beyond. http://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/ourblog http://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/support
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Paper Trails | MBC
Paper Trails “Paper Trails” began life in 2020 as a series of interviews with students and early-career researchers studying British […]
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November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You can see previous entries into our series on our website
museumofbritishcolonialism.org/papertrails/
museumofbritishcolonialism.org/papertrails/
Esme's blog is the second in a three part series hosted on our website. Sign up to get the latest updates direct into your inbox!
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Home | An Exploration of British Colonialism | MBC
The museum of british colonialism is a joint uk/kenyan initiative founded to creatively communicate a more truthful account of british colonialism.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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You can read more about imperial appropriation of indigenous knowledge in Esme's previous blog on our website.
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Planting Power: How the British Empire grew from Indigenous Knowledge | MBC
A 1901 New York advertisement for quinine that highlighted the misappropriation of Indigenous knowledge in pharmaceuticals | Credit: AHIP Part […]
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November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
You can read more about imperial appropriation of indigenous knowledge in Esme's previous blog on our website.
museumofbritishcolonialism.org/planting-pow...
museumofbritishcolonialism.org/planting-pow...
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Support our Work | MBC
Supporting The Museum We are an entirely volunteer led organization and we welcome your input & feedback. You can donate […]
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October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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What is the importance of oral histories? How did detention policy of Post Colonial Kenya deviate from its colonial predecessor? These are questions central to our work and are just some of the topics we discussed with Mr Gizaw.
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What is the importance of oral histories? How did detention policy of Post Colonial Kenya deviate from its colonial predecessor? These are questions central to our work and are just some of the topics we discussed with Mr Gizaw.
The court case shook the very foundations of the British establishment by exposing a vast cover-up of Britain's colonial crimes and revolutionised how we view colonial history forever.
September 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The court case shook the very foundations of the British establishment by exposing a vast cover-up of Britain's colonial crimes and revolutionised how we view colonial history forever.
Esme's blog is the first in a three part series. Sign up to our website to get the latest updates direct into your inbox.
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Home | An Exploration of British Colonialism | MBC
The museum of british colonialism is a joint uk/kenyan initiative founded to creatively communicate a more truthful account of british colonialism.
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September 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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This work was carried out by researchers from the @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk and will be exhibited on MBC's main website here museumofbritishcolonialism.org/afterlives-o...
Afterlives of Colonial Incarceration | MBC
Afterlives Across Africa colonialism, slavery, and racial oppression relied on incarceration, imprisonment and restriction. Slaves were shackled and confined. Prior […]
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May 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This work was carried out by researchers from the @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk and will be exhibited on MBC's main website here museumofbritishcolonialism.org/afterlives-o...
This exhibition explores sites in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, examining what happened to them after the end of colonial rule and how they are remebered today.
May 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This exhibition explores sites in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, examining what happened to them after the end of colonial rule and how they are remebered today.
The British Empire relied on incarceration, imprisonment and restriction to uphold colonial rule.
May 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The British Empire relied on incarceration, imprisonment and restriction to uphold colonial rule.