An exploration of British Colonialism

The Museum of British Colonialism is a network and platform for facilitating global conversations about British colonialism and its legacies. We make visible suppressed and marginalised histories and elevate underrepresented voices in order to challenge damaging myths. We are a transnational, anti-racist and anti-colonial organisation.

Anti-Blackness and Colonial Detention

In this exhibition, we examine the remnants of colonial detention camps in Kenya, focusing on Manyani Maximum Security Prison. The exhibition highlights how frameworks of environment, health, infrastructure, erasure, and resistance help us to understand how current models of imprisonment and anti-blackness are linked.

Paper Trails

An interview series platforming the work of early-career researchers  working on British colonialism.

Projects

Discover the diversity of our projects, featuring interviews, oral histories, digital reconstructions, exhibitions, and fieldwork diaries.

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Latest Explorations

Paper Trails – Anthony Maina

Paper Trails – Anthony Maina

September 12, 2024 Paper Trails

What would MBC be without Anthony Maina? Over many years Anthony has acquired a wealth of knowledge about Mau Mau history which

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We do not hold a physical collection.

Instead, we create, share, and act as a repository for digital resources that highlight lived experiences of British colonialism.

We do not hold a physical collection.

Instead, we create, share, and act as a repository for digital resources that highlight lived experiences of British colonialism.

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