Days before a royal visit to Kenya, the UK’s King Charles III has been called upon by Kenyan media to ‘apologise’ for the ‘atrocities’ of the colonial era.
Decades after the independence of colonised African countries, tension is rising for the former colonisers. French-speaking countries are urged to re-examine their politics, while English-speaking nations are encouraged to apologise.
The context is highly symbolic. In 1952, the future Queen Elizabeth II was in Kenya when her father, George VI, passed away. Charles III’s trip to Kenya will be his first visit to a Commonwealth country since his coronation. It is to mark the 60th anniversary of independence that President William Ruto invited the British king.
Over eight years, the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya led to one of the bloodiest repressions of the British empire, with the disappearance of over 10,000 people, many of whom are still unaccounted for. In 2013, the UK agreed to compensate over 5,000 Kenyans, amounting to nearly $24.3m. Will words of contrition follow these actions, which were already a kind of acknowledgment, at the end of October 2023?Each generation has its concerns.
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