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Video: Emergency Webcomic (trailer)

Emergency Webcomic is a miniseries written and illustrated by Chief Nyamweya. It is based on pre-independence Kenya as seen through the eyes Chege Karobia and Kim (Dedan Kimathi). Emergency Webcomic Promo Trailer from emergencywebcomic on Vimeo . Visit the website here Read a bit of the comic here

Video: Muigwithania (Trailer)

MUIGWITHANIA (Understanding) is a new feature film produced by Wide Angle Visions Limited, a media production company of Kenya’s well-known cultural organisers Sailesh and Mehul Savani of Nairobi, Kenya. It is a story set in a village in Central Province. The story follows two Mau Mau fighters on the run from the British Army, who take refuge in the home of an Asian shopkeeper. The story is about what happens in the night when the Mau Mau fighters have to interact with the Asian shopkeeper’s family and make their way out of the village, away from their pursuers- the British Army. It is filmed in English, on actual locations used by the Mau Mau in Kabete area of Central Province (on the outskirts of Nairobi).  Look out for this film premiering next week at Silverbird Cinemas. Support Kenyan arts!

Video: Mau Mau Uprising

Some archival footage from the Imperial War Museum taken circa 1954 From the exhibition " Through My Eyes: Stories of Conflict, Belonging and Identi ty." Find out more here