Global History and Culture Centre Blog
Global History and Culture Centre Blog
19 Jan 2023
‘A Very British Way of Torture’: Researching for a TV documentary
PhD student Niels Boender had a chance to research for, and be part of, the Channel 4 and Al Jazeera documentary ‘A Very British Way of Torture’, also featuring Professor David Anderson. The documentary focuses on the use of torture by the British colonial authorities in Kenya against members of the anti-colonial Man Mau movement, and traces the historical research into official British attempts to cover this up. Niels reflects on the research here.