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Wanjugu Kimathi is the daughter of Dedan Kimathi, legendary leader of the Kenyan Land and Freedom Army, or Mau Mau. This resistance group fought the British colonial regime from 1952 to 1960 to stop it from confiscating land, a conflict known as the Mau Mau Rebellion. In 1957, the British authorities hanged Dedan for possession of firearms, and then dumped his body at an unknown location.
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[Sheffield '24] Skillfully addresses the way in which the descendants of generations subjected to colonialism try to find historical narratives that recover hidden realities. It is interesting how some video footages subvert their meaning by removing the original voice over, propaganda of British colonialism that showed "savages" being "civilized", but now seen for what they are: Kenyans being brutalized and mistreated by the settlers. Although at times it may seem like a journey that is too summarized to fully develop its ideas, the film builds a very accurate look at the legacy, the claim for a more precise historical narrative and for territories that were taken away in the past and continue to be denied at present.