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A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony

A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony

2009•1h 27m
Documentary

A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.

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Production

ONF | NFB

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Achhroo Ram Kapila

Achhroo Ram Kapila

Self

Salome Kinyanjui

Creation Myth Performer

Donald McWilliams

Self / Narrator

Mwaria Njuma

Self

John Nottingham

John Nottingham

Self

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