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Podcast: The Lede
Episode: Africa Insights: An Era of Apology and Reckoning
Description: In October 2023, during his inaugural visit to a Commonwealth nation as monarch, King Charles III conveyed his remorse to Kenyans for the violence inflicted by the British before the country gained independence.
Many elderly Kenyans were mistreated, raped and tortured by British colonial forces during the Mau Mau uprising (1951-1960). Kikuyu tribe members were held in detention camps that have been called “Britain’s gulag,” where they faced systematic torture and severe sexual assault.
However, during his recent visit Charles did not offer an apology. Such a step would take his country i...