Colonialism's lasting legacy is the small humiliations Kenyans were subjected to

The individual humiliation and violence became for them a basis for collective political action and organised resistance.

When King Charles visited Kenya in November 2023, many Kenyans renewed their demands for an official apology for atrocities committed by the British government during the colonial era. The widespread human rights abuses during the Mau Mau rebellion are the best-known of these atrocities. Yet we should not forget more mundane, everyday acts of domination.