Sign at entrance of exhibition Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. Black text on white and blue grey background.
Imperial War Museum living up to their name with exhibition Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. Contributors include some of my lovely @museumofbc.bsky.social mates.
We also spoke to Jonathan Jenner regarding his work on the political economy of colonial Kenya and the spatial control of unemployment.
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In 2025 we spoke to Khushboo Jain about her work in decolonising Indian miniature art, undoing centuries of British disregard for Indian culture and artefacts.
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Over the years we have talked with historians, archivists, heritage practitioners and activists from around the world about their work in decolonising institutions and researching colonial history.
Don't forget to get in touch with us before 6 January if you're interested in participating in our Paper Trails series!
Are you a student or early career researcher of British colonialism with research that you want to share?
We're now open for submissions for our Paper Trails series until 6 January 2026!
You can see previous entries into our series on our website
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Are you a student or early career researcher of British colonialism with research that you want to share?
We're now open for submissions for our Paper Trails series until 6 January 2026!
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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You can read more about imperial appropriation of indigenous knowledge in Esme's previous blog on our website.
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In the second instalment of her blog series concerning the botany and the British Empire, Esme Barrell reflects on the colonial roots of the Royal Botanical Gardens and the appropriation of Indigenous botanical knowledge by British scientists.
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📣 Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus.
A new exhibition running at the Imperial War Museum between Oct 2025 - March 2026.
I was approached last year to join the advisory panel and have been so delighted to see this project come to fruition.
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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.
Earlier this month, we published an interview with 2024 Voltaire Prize Winner and Researcher Mr Gerawork Gizaw concerning his fieldwork in the Kakuma Camp Refugee site in Turkana County, Kenya.
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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.
In 2009, a group of Kenyan war veterans sued the British Government over the actions of the colonial regime in Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising.
In 2018, we co-produced a documentary with HistoryHit to tell their incredible story. You can see the documentary here:
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🔊 A wonderful first part to a three part series from a brilliant former student of mine, Esme Barrell. Glad we at @museumofbc.bsky.social could host this series and we look forward to reading the next installment!
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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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New blog just dropped!
Read the lastest blog on our website from Esme Barrell about the British Empire's appropriation of indigenous knowledge.
New publication out for @museumofbc.bsky.social. All credit to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social for spearheading this 🎉
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.
The British Empire relied on incarceration, imprisonment and restriction to uphold colonial rule.
Poster image displaying an image of Ussher Fort with information on the exhibition below
Starting this week, MBC's website will host an online exhibition exploring the afterlives of colonial incarceration sites in Africa.
Great interview. MBC Paper Trails is crammed with interesting stuff, always worth a read.
Time for another Paper Trails interview...
This month, we spoke to Khushboo Jain, a curator, writer and researcher about decolonising Indian miniature art.
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