Britain 'Discovers' Kenyan WWII Soldiers, Just 80 Years Late
The BBC's recent article highlights efforts to remember Kenyan soldiers who fought for Britain in the World Wars, many buried in unknown locations. A touching narrative, if you ignore the historical context: these weren't volunteers defending a shared homeland. They were conscripts or coerced labor, cannon fodder for an empire that brutalized their own land, denied them basic rights, and then
discarded them when their use was exhausted. The 'honour' arrives generations late, after decades of systemic neglect and deliberate historical erasure by the very same colonial powers now enjoying their 'Remembrance Sunday.' This isn't about 'honouring' forgotten heroes; it's about British media performing guilt-relieving absolution. One might wonder why it takes nearly a century for the
descendants of colonizers to acknowledge the human cost of their imperial wars. It's almost as if the 'honouring' stops precisely where the reparations for colonial plunder begin.