Dismantle the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth's Death Prompts Reckoning with Colonial Past in Africa

The death of Queen Elizabeth II has focused global attention on the British royal family and renewed criticism of the monarchy both inside the U.K. and abroad, especially among peoples colonized by Britain. "There's a degree of psychosis that you can go to another people's land, colonize them, and then expect them to honor you at the same time," says Kenyan American author Mukoma Wa Ngugi, who teaches literature at Cornell University and whose own family was deeply impacted by the bloody British suppression of the Mau Mau revolution. He says that with Queen Elizabeth's death, there needs to be a "dismantling" of the Commonwealth and a real reckoning with colonial abuses. We also speak with Harvard historian Caroline Elkins, a leading scholar of British colonialism, who says that while it's unclear how much Queen Elizabeth personally knew about concentration camps, torture and other abuses in Kenya during her early reign, the monarchy must reckon with that legacy. "Serious crimes happened on the queen's imperial watch. In fact, her picture hung in every detention camp in Kenya as detainees were beaten in order to exact their loyalty to the British crown," says Elkins.
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[@Imissyoulou]

"When the missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the missionaries had the bible. They taught us how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the bible." Jomo Kenyatta

[@Aeon1019]

Correction: the so called 'Bible' is a portion of our ancient writings, they HAVE NOTHING to do with Religion, in addition, the Alienators took those writings and skillfully CHANGED the MAIN TRUTH to a white-washed LIE, indeed we are still being destroyed for a lack of knowledge. The Damned Queen and all her minions know WHO we are but WE do not know WHO WE ARE!

[@zyzzyvacation]

That is sadly hilarious but so on point🤫

[@lindaharris3432]

That's why we have to study the Bible for ourselves . The Bible teaches to "watch" and pray .

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

America and all countries should support digital currency and cancel higer denomination notes to capture black money and save paper ..

[@keeplovealive9882]

Wow, on point @Lyndia Black.

[@laurieauld7687]

Tired of people sugar coating history. Truth is ALL that matters.

[@echad6259]

Aye.

[@rippingtons60]

Amen to that.

[@bsmirh9021]

Only those guilty of acts of inhumanity object to being held accountable for their negative beliefs and cruel actions.

[@gsiicam]

the truth will not be hidden forever

[@wilky952]

100% correct, the British empire put an end to slavery in the western world, the only force that could have or would have in the history of humanity. At the peak of its power this was the action it took. I am not suggesting for one second that the British, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Turkish, Chinese and Russian empires were created guilt free, but Britain can be proud of its accomplishment with regards to the slave trade.

[@myman3879]

Being Irish I've had a quote from James Connolly rattling around in my head speaking about the King of his time: 'We will not blame him for the crimes of his ancestors if he relinquishes the royal rights of his ancestors; but as long as he claims those rights, by virtue of descent, then, by virtue of descent, he must shoulder the responsibility for their crimes'

[@nidheeshkumar6760]

Spot on mate

[@mercytackel3771]

This is so it.

[@henrytan5588]

Yes the Irish people have a right to speak out against the English Crown. Ireland was the first colony of the English. Yes the people were badly treated by the English then. The politics at that time was the English King was supreme since 1066. In that context brutality was the menu of the day. Now the English King is no longer supreme. The King in Parliament is what this Irish patriotic is aiming against the monarchy. Parliament has taken most of the powers of the King. So all those former English colonies should petition the British Parliament for reparations instead of the King.

[@cscind100]

Thanks for the quote. Interesting, indeed

[@RideFrsh]

This is so historically prisoner of the moment. I am no defender of the crown. The tragedies that occurred under monarchical rule took place before Elizabeth ruled. In reality, she oversaw the largest deconstruction of colonization in British history. Compared to her predecessors, she is a fucking saint. People are confusing the long and terrible monarchal history with the her time as queen. She was born into it, that’s not her fault. Look at the 70 plus years of her rule and you will see what she actually did.

[@gunna4life339]

As a child of the 80's in Jamaica, I grew up around labourers not farmers or survivers not capitalist. Colonialism broke the back of our grandfathers and the mindset of our fathers...hence a broken society .

[@teamextras4life270]

AFRICA would better off if AFRICA TRIBES didn't sell "SLAVES" to the European's royal families/But Greedy AFRICA TRIBES sold their Prisoner's of War

[@susanzundel6231]

British schools should start to tell the truth about what happened during British colonialism

[@MrDesmondPot]

They won’t. I went through the English school system and the black spots in our learning is by design.

[@lissarodrigues8950]

@@MrDesmondPot they don't teach you anything about it. I'm apeverdean What I knew about Cape Verd Island was discovered by Portuguese and then teachings about Portugal and the colonies and nothing else about colonialism and poverty.

[@rippingtons60]

@@MrDesmondPot Who do you think America learned it’s imperialism and brutality from?

[@danideens]

Wow! England's and the monarchy's true history of colonial rule and systems of oppression she and her generation presided over must be told worldwide instead of lies to sugarcoat demons.

[@dropperknot]

susan zundel. They do teach the truth! It is disgruntled foreigners with mighty chips on their shoulders that spread the lies!

[@arnoackermann6584]

If you live in Asia or Africa you can till this day see the damage done by colonialism. I don't care about blame but about honesty and owning the past. Thank you for this video.

[@bsmirh9021]

💯

[@tia9583]

I agree. Well said!

[@yvonneplant9434]

Start with ending the use of English. Not going to happen of course.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Demand that Spain do it as well.

[@johnli6430]

Indirectly I was affected .. accdg to my 103 yr old mom..her family was quite well off in China but the head of the family at that time got so addicted to opium which was brought to and flooded China by the british empire and monarchy, rendering the Chinese people docile and useless .This led to the Opium War ( another worst part of Chinese history resulting in China's Century of Humiliation re HK) ... The family almost lost everything and my Mom was sent to HK to be a nanny/helper to a wealthier distant kin . She then fled from the war and settled in the Philippines ..met my father , also a Chinese immigrant, and started family there. Both didn't speak their adopted country's language , but they persevered and eventually opened businesses and was able to put all 7 of us to colleges and universities . Thanks Philippines! Mabuhay ! and No Thanks to England ...

[@markward3981]

That is why I say most countries in Africa are still a type of colony. Honestly to mourn the death of the descendants and representatives of your enslavers, the people who tortured , murdered , raped and stole from your people. This is madness to me.

[@brittanyhayes1043]

Because the decendants didn't do anything to you.

[@williamgraham5630]

@@brittanyhayes1043 Yes because if someone steals your car and sells it to another person, you cannot get it back when it's discovered 🙄

[@las2725]

Who expects them to mourn?

[@brittanyhayes1043]

@@williamgraham5630 yes.

[@williamgraham5630]

@@brittanyhayes1043 Clearly then you live in a lawless third world shtihole.

[@julianlatino6146]

Whenever I read about the history of slavery in the Caribbean tears run down my face!!.

[@mariaccuret6923]

Me too!!! They were straight savages, animals with no regard for young or old!!! I pray TMH recompense them with everything they've done!!!

[@samuelmuller9940]

True but it was African selling African into slavery would you rather have had genocide in Africa instead . Don’t put your modern morals on time they don’t apply.

[@Helpertin]

@@mariaccuret6923 They need to be asking the spaniards and the congo kings for that recompense.

[@cscind100]

@@Helpertin True but British too.

[@Da_Big_G]

Ditto the history of Barbary pirates from Africa launching raids against the south coast of Britain to take people into slavery! I'm traumatised! I want reparations! Gimme free stuff! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

[@andrewalex7873]

I’ve got lifetime white friends that cannot discuss anything to do with the extreme past of the diaspora & white supremacy. I got pulled by my good original skinhead friend whom I was best man for. He said I was making everyone go quite with Guilt talking about royalty, slavery & corruption of history, curriculum manipulation. Having listened to everyone’s topics during a night installation, I finally began to talk about scenarios perhaps they were unaware of. White fragility & the fear of revenge is a living entity. 🇬🇧

[@loversofanimal]

Deep

[@CW-rx2js]

That's so true! As an Indian when I point these things out, their reaction is to either "ignore it" and gloss over it, or even worse, to "justify it".

[@lindaharris3432]

They are not friends , they are soicalist .

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

America and all countries should support digital currency and cancel higer denomination notes to capture black money and save paper ..

[@raccoon2505]

I think people in privileged positions are afraid of do a self-criticism and lose their hegemony. I'm not from an Anglo country, but it's a former European colony as well and until today we see the structural racism against Native Americans. In fact form Canada to Argentina.

[@user-dd4onX]

This is why i love the Barbados prime minister Mia mottley. I want to thank her for awakening our awareness to all theses atrocities here in the Caribbean. Fight on Kenya🇰🇪

[@johnli6430]

Mia is great !! love her . Check out author/ writer Ms Chimamanda from Nigeria .. you will like her too. you can start with her interviews from that french girl :)

[@user-dd4onX]

@@johnli6430 I will thanks for the info. 👍🏿

[@johnli6430]

@@user-dd4onX you're most welcome Q ! Africa Unite and Rise Up !

[@brit50ify]

No mention of Haelie Selassie...a GOd to many in Caribbean. A known slave trader and lover of all things European. Why single out the Queen. You would no more call out the wife of the president for any atrocities committed on the president's watch than you can the Queen. She more than practically anyone else was told to not get involved in politics. It is up to all of us to hold the right folk accountable. We don't because we're lazy. Its so much easier to attack the Queen. And as for the many going back to 1600's. Puleeze. Monarchy was bad for all ordinary folk.

[@JDMJOE]

Four African nations joined the Commonwealth, in recent years, these nations wasn't even colonised by Britain.

[@annemwaniki2979]

Every Kenyan, every African must watch this. Thank you, Amy and Mukoma.

[@TruthSeeker30_]

Everybody around the world should. They forever ruined the world. Along with a few others

[@jahivah]

West Indiana as well. Many of us were colonized in the caribbean as well.

[@cokkiekraaijeveld4617]

Exactly.. Also to learn how to make life better in 2022.

[@patrickwright6644]

Stand firm Africans only we can liberate ourselves

[@patrickwright6644]

Stand firm Africans only we can liberate ourselves

[@chichi3701]

Those for whom the monarchy represented/represents something positive and admirable are entitled to mourn the loss of their queen. Those who were on the receiving end of the monarchy's brutality, racism, greed and murderous colonial reign are also justified in not doing so.

[@hallarious506]

And what with the leaders of african tribes going all in into the slave trades? Whats with the slave empires they built before the european saddlers even knew the continent existed? Or do you claim that Africa never saw empires before britain arrived?

[@alisonclarke3738]

Well said 👏🏾

[@Costa_Conn]

My uncle was tortured by the British during the colonial rule of Cyprus. He was 17 and was taking food to partisans.

[@johnhulk3347]

After coming to the realization of what the monarchy stood for or represented to the very beneficiaries of their brutal reign on behalf of white success,, I can understand why you feel no remorse about the crown’s atrocities and genocide. That also led to institutional financial economic and social racism of people of every race except whites. If the crown’s blood 🩸 money 💰 has made your life and your generations better then go ahead and mourn but we will have her soul as only a white god would save her sinful raaas

[@oe6526]

Even the evil grand child of colonialism in nigeria - the unproductive amalgamation of 1914, needs to be dismantled as well.

[@ditshegomosienyane7252]

That is the madness that you find in a colonized mind; how do you expect the grand children of the holocaust victims to morn the death of hitler? The period of lamentations is over and the nonsense that Uluru is parading in Kenya should be called out.

[@rickardmanhed6382]

Hitler? It would be a better comparison to use Dönitz. If Dönitz had been born into the nazi leadership and tried to make all of Europe to come together in friendship and cooperation during his leadership.

[@EmperorOfChaos]

The queen was not involved in colonialism. Why do you not hate your own leader for using the money to buy fancy cars as the people starve? Personally, I'd be angrier with the injustices of government of my country than stuff that happened hundreds of years ago. Slavery still goes on in African countries, why not be outraged by that?

[@cindygardener-collinsmimi531]

Total rubbish & no comparison. This comment is ridiculous & offensive in its total pointlessness.

[@ricojakkakarico-che2561]

We should simultaneously dismantle ALL colonialism including USA oppression of Haiti and all Afrikan countries with the tyrannical enforcement of the US dollar and the continued pillage of resources.

[@marjoriedrakeabdullah5208]

Hear, hear!!!!

[@kongakau5058]

Why the need to break? They are social only unlike us aggression.

[@laurenharrington8046]

Than also take on China, if you truly care, in what China is now doing to African Continent

[@cortezriley340]

Agreed!

[@kingsleykalu2770]

Not only break,but technically reciprocate the evil of the thieves (colonialists)to the children because there are presently benefiting from it. Fuck the Queen as God punish the criminal say King.

[@Isiejeme0829]

The effects of colonialism is still evident everywhere in Africa, we can't just forget how it's impacted our growth as a people. I support Prof Ngugi's suggestion of scrapping the so -called "commonwealth" of nations. Commonwealth isn't for the oppressed people of Africa, has never pretended to be.

[@brit50ify]

Hold on. You've not been 'oppressed' for half a century at least. Yet most have not progressed because of corruption. How can that still be the 'fault' of the colonizers?

[@orishejuukuedojor2736]

Tactless scapegoating. The issues are greater than one monarch. Her efforts to reverse the damage shouldn't be buried all of a sudden

[@abepresume8132]

@@orishejuukuedojor2736 if you unclenched your sphincter from around your head, you'd probably be able to form logical, reality-based, thought. The sheer amount of money ytttppl waste of senseless wars, destroying lives, could've reversed the damages of colonialism, many times over, had they cared for healing with the same intention they routinely pour into destruction.

[@Isiejeme0829]

@@orishejuukuedojor2736 you can "bury your head in the sand" all you want , still it's clear colonialism, now neo-colonialism set Africa back, stunted her growth. Even the new king is still talking about "territories" in other people's lands in the 21 century. That should tell you something.

[@jimford2163]

@@Isiejeme0829 tippu tip set back african peoples by enslavement but wait hes not apart of the colonization

[@garffthejeweler2323]

It’s absolute madness to expect us to mourn the Queen, I agree. I care for her family because she’s a human being but I can’t deny the fact the she went to her grave not caring about mines. 🇯🇲

[@NH-lf1wu]

Listen, Queen Nanny of the Maroons turned in her grave when her people left Jamaica to help her enemies to build British society & others over the western world. The people should've got rid of the IMF debt somehow to preserve the little that was left, after the IMF sanctions. Now look at Jamaica. Riddled in debt & a majority of impoverished Jamaican people.

[@ronaldmccord4477]

As did her 4th great grandmother Queen Charlotte mixed breed

[@cindygardener-collinsmimi531]

Nobody here in the UK expects you to mourn our Queen. Our country isn't a dictatorship.

[@garffthejeweler2323]

@@cindygardener-collinsmimi531 my great grand parents were born slaves to the British “Standberry family”, I currently suffer from that and the colonialism that took place.

[@garffthejeweler2323]

@@NH-lf1wu I’m related to the maroon’s

[@abrahamadu2503]

The four days of national mourning in Kenya seems to be absolutely conflicting if not madness.

[@ditshegomosienyane7252]

It cannot be called anything else but madness. The question is how Uluru could have come up with this absurdity when his own father suffered under the watch of the British monarchy. For this kind of madness, africans will forever be despised by our detractors. And it is not only Uhuru who has the monopoly of this madness; you will see that the African leaders will be competing in their morning the passing of the queen, sometimes more than the British themselves; this is a travesty.

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

America and all countries should support digital currency and cancel higer denomination notes to capture black money and save paper ....

[@edwardcarrier4816]

Mr. Adu I don't know what to say about this. For raccoons who are engaged in mourning your oppressors you are telling the world that you are worthless and you are ok with further abuses.

[@jimmyewhitfield1628]

Tsk tsk tsk smh! Unbelievable!!

[@dessean1]

The citizens of Kenya need to remove whatever government has designated 4 days of morning for a Queen who has enslaved & murdered its people. Shameful.

[@pushon10]

Everyone celebrating the Queen should recognise that she did nothing to help those poor Kenyans being tortured.

[@brit50ify]

Because she couldn't. She is a puppet. Hold those who actually did the deeds accountable.

[@bisi1980]

This is because that is what she wanted. She wanted to stay head of state in Kenya and benefit from their products.

[@lesleyb5591]

The British monarch has no political power whatsoever. If you want to blame someone for what happened in Kenya in the 1950s then it should be the British parliament and the British colonial administrators of the time. And BTW the British weren't the only ones committing horrible crimes then. The Mau Mau also murdered civilians including children.

[@brit50ify]

@@lesleyb5591 exactly. And so long as these people go afterr the easiest of targets such as the Queen the real criminals will go free.

[@gokaren420]

@@brit50ify what's the point of reigning for 70 years and have no power?

[@helenhunter4540]

He's right. Expecting people oppressed by the british empire to mourn the queen is insanity, as is going to another country and taking it over in the first place.

[@Hammerhead547]

Expecting the world too care about trivial shit that happened 200 years ago when the world was a different place and trying too apply today's twisted "morality" too those events is the true insanity. We need too let the past be the past and shut the fuck up about it and move the fuck on with life instead of listening too subhuman "social activists" who blame the white man for all the "problems" of africa today

[@vancegilmore5821]

Christianity condones slavery. 1 Peter 2:18 says "You who are slaves must submit to your masters with all respect. Do what they tell you-not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are cruel."

[@-BigIi-]

@@vancegilmore5821 Even though I am not a baptised Christian I too know such passages, very well, and it seems you are allowing the implication of the word ''slave'' to be dominated or characterised by eg the black slave trade of more recent times, a very different thing, where blacks were transported in ships, chained down and forced to endure the entire journey in their own excrement, urine, vomit and menstrual blood... What the Scripture refers to however is in essence a Master\Servant relationship, or bondservant - and it also commands the Master how *not* to treat his servants, for judgement is also upon bondservant owners at the hand of the one who is Master\Messiah and judge over all - also rendered slave for the sake of transliteration but does not mean that we are talking about the utter evil level of brutality that black slaves were subjected. That would be a false comparison to what the NT scripture passages about ''bondservants and masters'' actually refer to (see below - in context). *Submission to Masters* (1Peter2::18-23) 18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for [e]us, leaving [f]us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-by whose [g]stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and [h]Overseer of your souls. ------------------------------------------------ *Bondservants and Masters* (Ephesians 6::5-9) 5 Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6 not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. 9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that [a]your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. Such passages are left out by some because it doesn't sit with the dishonest tone they would rather set.

[@summerbrooks9922]

@@vancegilmore5821 Yes, and Jesus never opposed slavery in his lifetime.

[@gokaren420]

@@-BigIi- and I question those stories of slave ships. Where are those slave ships? None in museums. Few shipwrecked. 12 thousand slave ships? Yeah right. More lies.

[@shelleymalcolmberry2135]

Commonwealth has nothing to do with the colonial past. At the beginning of her reign 11 counties were in commonwealth-now over 33. Countries requested to join as it’s a collection of countries that benefit from trade and cordiality.

[@Shkk]

What are you talking about ? Which 33 countries?

[@lilithgrrrl]

The fact that some people think they are entitled to other people’s land and resources because they’re paler is sickening.

[@sukhjohal8998]

Death the ultimate equalizer! !

[@felixfedre518]

Or because they are darker. Look at England.

[@kaioiamo1503]

✊🏿

[@kaioiamo1503]

@@sukhjohal8998 give me mine on earth

[@grandmalovesmebest]

It has nothing to do w being "paler". Dont be a racist. Stop whining. Stop living in the past. Get off your butt and get to work building your country to become the country you want. You can't handle the fact that your future is in your hands can you? Our young ppl are having trouble w that too! Get busy and show them how it's done.

[@thatshim4724]

After hearing this segment on the royal family of Britain. They sound more like a crime family instead of a royal family.

[@PompetusDad]

Big up to Ms. Elkins, whose book is a masterpiece of documentation of the workings of the criminal enterprise commonly known as the British Empire. I realize how fortunate I was to be born in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1952, the year Eluzabeth became the leader of her repressive regime and not in the Rift Valley in Kenya where babies were being starved to death in detention camps.

[@summerbrooks9922]

Not only that but the entire British monarchy is, institutionally illegal. This is because DNA proved that the royal lineage was corrupted by one illegitimate born King. The genuine King, by blood, lives in Australia. Google that, then raise heck.

[@haatpraat2993]

To a large extend they are criminals. The ancestors of today's British Royal family gorged themselves on the profits of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in which millions suffered.

[@mariaccuret6923]

More like a genocidal blood thirsty regime!!!

[@light279]

@ArchonMy sentiments exactly!. Also, I have always found the word royal ( to describe them ) very amusing. " Royal" and "commoner". Such b/s!. This is a way of controlling "their" people.

[@africanqueenmo]

Best interview ever thank you to all three of you. The pain of colonial rule is still raw. I worked for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Organizers and I was shocked by their attitude towards people of Black and Briwn skin and even more Africans. Their only value was in making money through sports for UK industry and for continuation of domination by the monarchy. That's it. I left more traumatized than I was from the stories my grandparents related to us as children about their suffering. Many too traumatized to even talk about it preferring to throw themselves deeply into religion and the church for comfort.

[@brit50ify]

And live in a country that was so bad!

[@IamGodSon]

Tell us more about the racist games!

[@Imissyoulou]

Throwing themselves into more BS and deciet.

[@Jetchisel]

Membership of the Commonwealth of Nations is completely voluntary and member nations have the right to leave on their own free will. All but two (Burma & Aden) of all former British colony's and dominions have voluntarily joined the Commonwealth Of Nations. The advantages of being involved in the Commonwealth of Nations are immense for emerging and developing nations.Prerequisite for membership is no longer restricted to involvement with the British Empire. The African nations of Rwanda and Mozambique have recently joined the Commonwealth of Nations.

[@aynrandfan7454]

i wish here in Canada we too had the balls to abolish the monarchy...bunch of grifting leeches

[@kylerolle5050]

I'm from the Bahamas. I believe we are going to fully pull away from ceremonial, symbolic and system influence from British monarch. We are leaning towards being a republic with a president as head of state instead of the Queen or King

[@DarksideFistofFury68]

Those that were enslaved, those that stolen and sent to unknown lands, those whose land were colonized shouldn’t mourn the death of the Queen of England.

[@leafdesi5967]

Irish immigrants were drowned during the witch trials. Peasants who homeschooled their children were murdered by Bloody Mary's policies. Boys were turned into eunuchs so that they would become less of a threat to any Kingdom including in the Ottoman Empire. People starved for centuries. Which is why so many tried to get away from all authoritarians everywhere. Peasants have been talking about their evil rule for centuries. They stepped on anyone who got in their way and it started in their own home. This has been going on worldwide since the very beginning. Why every human should be allowed to tell their story without censorship. Humans will never be at peace until we address all truth.

[@sarahjames927]

I wasn’t enslaved nor stolen my ancestors were. I can’t change it. I can be angry at those responsible. And to show empathy is not bad.

[@sarahjames927]

@Captain Planet … Spain took more African slaves than Britain. And Spain was just as evil 🙄. So let’s not be all British Empire was the only bad European power. If we are coming for one we should come for all.

[@canceree]

@@sarahjames927 True

[@karengrice2303]

None of us should mourn the queen because the system is based on cruelty and exploitation. All of humanity should take a lesson from nature and learn to care for and support each other. There are many examples of this in nature. We need to live in harmony and peace with each other and the planet.

[@bettyandthebeakers]

Thank you for this important interview. It is so important we talk about colonialism and the British monarch.

[@teamextras4life270]

AFRICA would better off if AFRICA TRIBES didn't sell "SLAVES" to the European's royal families/But Greedy AFRICA TRIBES sold their Prisoner's of War

[@raccoon2505]

The effects of neocolonialism still is very visible in Africa, Asia... Besides of the structural racism that we see in its former colonies, the inequalities, rich nations more and more riches, fruit of exploration.

[@jlm3124]

Yes but don't forget discrimination and extreme social inequalities within the colonizing nations. Don't assume all white people benefitted.

[@justaawake6273]

Fkkk em all

[@Propain4eva]

And African leaders always bending over backwards for these countries and their corporations that bribe them

[@jaybell1390]

@@jlm3124 True, those who Didn't go along to get along or get ahead, but who Could of just as Easily changed Their circumstances, Unlike most of the population; however, they were often made an example to the rest of the White colonial population. Ironically, today, many of those in first world countries often Ingratiate themselves when looking for "friends". Fk 'em. All of them!

[@jaybell1390]

@@justaawake6273 😅😅😂😂

[@wiiuwiiu2020]

"My faith is with the Global South, not the monarchy" - Mukoma Wa Ngugi, words to repeat over and over again

[@kenk1999]

I'm just flabbergasted that those people in the former colonized countries still bother to utter such rubbish about "mourning the monarchy". The British monarch and all that are associated with it should have been obliterated in their minds. There should be No discussion about it. They should have Condemned it to the trash bin of a terrible unfortunate past long ago. But the very fact that some old white lady who died in a distant land should now generate discussion about what or how the "colonized subjects" should feel or behave(to pine and mourn?) only goes to show how great a depth the colonial masters managed to brainwash them.

[@alexskatit4188]

Don't forget to also obliterate the religion and language that they imposed. No?????

[@kenk1999]

@@alexskatit4188 Hi Alex: As for religion, this is a rather strange thing how it "gets on to " the fragile mind of the homo sapien species. Just look at the massive number of slave descendants in the US, poor , destitute and downtrodden as they are, still every week go and get their highs in being duped to spend their last dollar, seemingly willingly, in those so called "charismatic church" camps conducted by white "fast talkers", praising the "white lord/god?" and shouting endless hallelujahs. And as for language, I am inclined to accept that since every race on earth has evolved their own "language/dialect", for better future peace and understanding between nations , it is good that we learn more of each others language for better communication.

[@alexskatit4188]

@@kenk1999 Yes, we should all learn another language. English as the world business language is a good choice as a second language.

[@adah7730]

When you start to love the one who kidnapped, raped you, murdered your family and people...This is a psychological disease. I don't know what it is called. This is a illness, a form of military control, and brain washing. They are ill.

[@AfrikanLifestyle]

Well then, this clearly shows you how deep the programming, mis education and brainwashing is.

[@davidthemod4729]

Americans really shouldn't comment on slavery.

[@anthonyferris8912]

The Commonwealth is a free association of states, not all of whom were part of the empire. It’s really their business if they want to be part of a club or not.

[@phyllisthompson4207]

Your ignorance is appalling!

[@markian3582]

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[@robertmichelle1880]

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[@joshuajones7606]

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[@travissherwood2138]

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[@rolandanthony8112]

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[@paristyacke4535]

I once tried trading myself but made more losses than profits. I wouldn't suggest it to anyone

[@默-c1r]

finally some honest reporting about the queen

[@gigigiseleworld]

Exactly... Spread the word about this witch. Stolen 💎💎 diamond back to India 🇮🇳 and South Africa 🖤⚫🌑. Burn all British flags across the globe. Protest in front of British embassies... Across the globe. ✊

[@rossthomson1958]

Queen did nothing wrong

[@spaceballs44]

I’m not morning her. If I had the power I’d end the monarchy.

[@rufusreloaded1043]

Mourning. You might want to learn how to spell basic words before you take over the world.

[@seektruth5750]

@@rufusreloaded1043 didn’t say anything about taking over but dismantling a system of madness, the monarchy is absolete

[@earlinebeaman684]

some of you are trolls and so weak minded

[@johnjackson8783]

What have you to offer in place of a Constitutional Monarchy?

[@petermartell568]

time to end the monarchy. Chuckles should get a real job and stop his parasitic feeding off the common people

[@AudioPervert1]

time to stop mewling and get lost... The monarchy like the sick gutted humanity is going down both...

[@nimue4325]

Peter Martell, very succintly put! 😂

[@banksboy6806]

Time to end them all including the Pope

[@banksboy6806]

The pope give them the right to rule in most cases

[@OneAfricaforlife971]

Thank you Amy for giving the world a piece of the African history that has been hidden for hundred years to most

[@antonymangu3458]

We are NOT MOURNING IN KENYA PERIOD

[@felixfedre518]

Until the aid is due again, lol.

[@SandraCDavis]

@@felixfedre518 People giving you back what they stole from you is not aid!!!

[@felixfedre518]

@@SandraCDavis What did they steal? A mud hut, lol.

[@felixfedre518]

@Jay mice What aid? All the free doe you idling sponges get from poor hard working whitey, thats "what aid".

[@pennygooms1539]

@@felixfedre518 the queen's funeral couterge is parading stolen crown jewels on top of her coffin as if it was their proper possession, its stolen goods, ,almost gangster like showing off the loot...and there is also Andrew a sexual offender acting like the most civilised man on earth. It's all too much .

[@rastafari4932]

There’s always two sides of a coin, on the one hand, the passing of Elizabeth II is a time of mourning for her UK; on the other hand, her former colonial subjects and or slaves, their descendants thereof, are not now under no obligation to mourn her death with sugarcoated words…

[@JO-bw5wx]

Is a Celebrations...

[@canceree]

True.

[@margaretnorvell9555]

And Whites and Westerners are not under obligation to help African countries. The best way is for the West is to pay a fair, even generous, price for any commodity they purchase from Africa. Value for Value. A business relationship. No more free food, technology, medicines, vaccinations. Limit the number of Africans coming to Europe. Western countries are only importing ignorance and criminality. This panel criticizing colonization live where?

[@kman5768]

Brother, there are three sides to a coin

[@felixfedre518]

The Queen didn't have any slaves. Slavery has always been illegal in England.

[@dennisossianderrmplmtcst2053]

Thanks to all for your honesty, insight, and truth. ✨🙏✨ Kindly and Gratefully, Dennis

[@themccarthyfamilytruelifes5921]

The News team is doing a great job getting the News to the world, may God continue to bless the team and keep the team strong.❤️🇯🇲🌄

[@cindygardener-collinsmimi531]

I think God would disagree & remind people not to get so angry & waste precious over something that happened hundreds of years ago. People need to move on & put their energy into positivity. If there is cause for anyone ever to be punished for something they did wrong then according to the Bible God will be the punisher not Joe public.

[@Smok33_]

Never invented anything or produced any product or provided any service yet holds an estate worth hundreds of millions and the peasants mourn....smh...manufactured consent for an exploited system that's placed on a pedestal.

[@SabzKhumalo]

You could say one of their ancestors was a great general. Because that is how Kingdoms are founded. But that points to a history of violence.

[@rediettadesse2828]

Many things are invented by British during thier imperia , do google

[@dropperknot]

Smok33 When you began your comment, I was convinced you were describing all foreigners.

[@hughslevin7120]

@@SabzKhumalo Misuse of the Word GREAT

[@margaretnorvell9555]

It is Africa that is incapable of becoming better. Don't throw good money after bad. Africa is a lost cause

[@robertlordon8511]

Yes it is madness to mourn any Monarch or royal. As mad for an African as it is for an Irish or Acadian. No way I recognize this fool as having anything to do with ruling me.

[@brit50ify]

He 'rules' no one. He is a good puppet. He opens village parties and tries to do good. He and his family bring in so much tourism. The Royal Family are mere 'eye candy'. Surely the world can allow this?

[@felixfedre518]

Yes you have enough fools ruling you already, lol.

[@johnjackson8783]

They don't 'rule' you. The duly elected government of which the monarch is titular head 'rule' you especially if you're Canadian. Worry about Justin Trudeau, not a figure head.

[@apomarkkos]

He doesn’t rule, he reigns! Long live the King!

[@rodneytapit5636]

@@felixfedre518 Spot on!

[@pensivelyrebelling]

Commonwealth…whose wealth indeed. I agree that we can’t have faith in this king. He’s not someone who cares about his reputation or dismantling the commonwealth as it would threaten his own position and power. Edit to fix a typo.

[@goldentiger1841]

Yes the King has finally got a job after 75yrs.

[@Don-md6wn]

Why would you have faith in any king or queen simply because they were part of the lucky sperm club? What is it exactly that they do?

[@therealdeal3672]

Edits are allowed. You don't have to explain them. 😃

[@ashyslashy5818]

FBI REPORTS 40 MILLION SLAVES IN AFRICA TODAY.

[@vancegilmore5821]

Christianity condones slavery. 1 Peter 2:18 says "You who are slaves must submit to your masters with all respect. Do what they tell you-not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are cruel."

[@kabuesarah8472]

My family directly got affected and still is because my grandfather was a a home guard during the colonial era. He abandoned his 6 siblings when they were all minors, the reason being that my grandmother would try to set him up to the mau mau. He could severely beat my grandmother infront of the children.More than 70 years later, today, my father suffers the traumas of his infance violence 😢 💔 and also us as well.

[@mylowsparkofhigh-heeledboy779]

I am sorry that I only know a snippet of your family's suffering and that of your grandfather. In spite of everything we suffer on this earth, I truly believe with all my heart, that hope and empathy are the greatest of all the gifts we were given. I thank you for posting your truth, and now others from all over the world may read your truth. I am white, but I am a human being first, and I am aware of all the responsibilities and accountabilities that should be the hallmark of being a decent human being. If the truth is buried in a massive, unmarked grave, and we find out about it 70-150 years later, what good does that do us, what good does that do all of the innocent who were slaughtered there. We have an opportunity to share our stories for the sake of history, for the sake of truth, and for the sake of us, not as separate nations, but as a united people. We are going to have to trust and rely upon one another, in our very near future, if we have any hope of us finally getting it right, and surviving as a species. Peace be with you.

[@teamextras4life270]

AFRICA would better off if AFRICA TRIBES didn't sell "SLAVES" to the European's royal families/But Greedy AFRICA TRIBES sold their Prisoner's of War

[@hannahnjogu6378]

My grandfather perished during colonialism and we were denied knowing him. Actually he disappeared even his body was not seen 😭😭😭

[@davidatkinson5858]

Perished how? Five generations of my own ancestors including myself worked all their lives to pay for the British decision to make themselves the first civilisation in human history to condemn and then actively seek to eradicate slavery from the face of the earth 🌎 what did you contribute?

[@pamelajudithrwanyarare8429]

@@davidatkinson5858 Civilization begun in Africa. We started engineering, the very first ever machine invented was invented by Africans, Black Africans, it was called the Shadoof. We started the first form of Astronomy the studying of the stars, this was done to help plan for the seasons. We invented weaving, agriculture, architecture..... But like all civilization in the world they are organic, they are born, the grow, they thrive and the decline, like Rome, Greece Persia etc those too were great civilizations that were once great. Even now we are in the declining stages of Western civilization and whether we or they like it or not Western civilization is declining. It's not a bad or good thing it's just the way life works. By the way. Who are you calling lazy? Is it the millions of slaves you used in your plantations? If they were lazy why did you use them to work. How can lazy People work? After the second world war Black people from the Caribbean and Africa were asked and invited to come and rebuild Britain, hey imagine these hardworking White English people inviting lazy bums to help rebuild their country. This country post second world war was built by lazy black people and I wonder why you needed to ask black lazy People to build the country when there has hardworking White people like you to rebuild it?

[@FrankGina2016]

Sorry for your loss. This all really gets under my skin! The nerve of some of these “so called humans “ SMH@ colonialism!!!

[@chriswamahiu8751]

@@davidatkinson5858 WTF are you talking about, there was systematic genocide in Kenya under the British empire where 15% of the Kikuyu population was eradicated, then you ask how Miss. Njogu lost her grandfather? Can you not listen to what they are talking about in the documentary? And Kenyans deal with their own problems we don't need to solve any global problems to seem relevant. Well, I hope you "being" an antislavery crusader makes you feel good about yourself as if it is not your ancestor who invented the vice, to begin with.

[@naigandaw.6377]

I am sorry for your loss..it was brutal & unacceptable. May you keep your dear grandparent's memory alive.

[@kitsgalore2197]

As a Princeton alumnus, I take my hat off to Dr. Elkins, a fellow Princeton graduate, for being so purposeful and articulate in her discourse and for having the courage to objectively document history and challenge our collective thinking.

[@marcomustang876]

Well...didn't you know or believe this without her telling you today 🤔 ?

[@SusanHopkinson]

This is not about you! 😂

[@carolynbeckingham9948]

You're a Princeton graduate and you don't know "alumni" is plural ?

[@drmodestoesq]

@@carolynbeckingham9948 Latin is the language of the Roman imperialists. It needs to be extirpated from English.

[@carolynbeckingham9948]

If you try to extirpate every word of Latin origin you won't have very much language left. And shouldn't that also apply to its alphabet ? What should we use instead ?

[@alisonyahna8041]

I was blessed to meet Mzee Ngugi Wa Thiongo when he spoke in Oregon and read Petals of Blood and his memoirs of being imprisoned by neocolonial government for his political views. So wonderful to see his son on DN! Thank you!

[@fungalbob]

Mukoma says it right: it's silly. Just can't understand the continuing reverence for the institution and personalities of the monarchy

[@Ignite2Transform]

Sad that we don't even learn about this in all schools in Africa. A time for reckoning is coming.

[@shawnwest4350]

y'all don't

[@eyram6424]

It’s sad

[@marigoldbeam5475]

@@shawnwest4350 It depends on the country. Africa is made up of 55 sovereign states. Unfortunately some people use 'Africa' as if it is a country.

[@shawnwest4350]

@@marigoldbeam5475 I no

[@theonly6359]

@@marigoldbeam5475 we Africans should learn each other’s history not history of Europe like we do now.

[@jlm3124]

The British left Kenya in 1963. That is 60 years ago. Different times, different ideas, different people. Kenya is independent, do what you like. The queen was a constitutional monarch, not an absolute monarch and someone who was 26 years old when she came to the throne. Right now Russia is invading Ukraine as part of a colonising project, slaughtering its people and destroying everything in its path. India, China and some African countries support rather than condemn Russia and refuse speak out against Russia. These same countries all scream out against colonial autrocities committed against them. It seems their morals are paper thin and totally self serving rather than principled, so you are no different. We are in more enlightened times, so instead of wallowing in hatred over things that cannot be changed, why not act to a higher standard in the present. Truth is we are all, always in competition for resources with our neighbours, our friends and our enemies.

[@tracyveronicarolla9561]

No I am in competition with myself to evolve everyday.

[@jaxobsower8803]

Were you in Kenya...obviously u are white

[@tracyveronicarolla9561]

@@jaxobsower8803 They only know greed, oppression and power to make others suffer. They yearn to be superior over others and control . God is the only authority and created us all as equals.

[@JesusisLord78]

There no such thing as independence. Independence is part of the system they set up to rule and control the leadership. When are the Africans going to wake up from slumber

[@xxmoonlightxx6304]

All of this should of brought up when she was alive. I didn't know any of this through history classes in the US. It's so sad how people treat people. God is watching all of this. Changes will be made soon.

[@rongt859]

The Dutch , Italians, Germans , French and Portuguese all colonizers , are all keeping a low profile and not saying anything at the moment . After Cromwell died they bought back the monarchy , but with only ceremonial power , its the English Parliament that ran the foreign policy . The other countries that were colonizers eliminated their monarchy and or reduced their profile to nothing , The queen did not make policy but the English have kept the imperialism in their psyche through the PR packaging of the over importance of the monarchy .Its up to the commonwealth countries to decide what they want for themselves but I find it very strange that had to wait till the Queen died . She was the star of a very good PR campaign

[@thdoom81]

they are using it as an excuse to cover up more than 60 years of tribalism and corruption..blame the colonialists

[@susanzundel6231]

True and well said a willing puppet.

[@LeoLouisMusic]

So was the Phonecians and Greeks they colonised all over the Mediterranean coast on the different continents. It goes back even further in history

[@dianadowie3985]

This is so sad how British government did to the people in their colonies.

[@Chris-qi5kn]

Did you not take history class in high school?

[@dianadowie3985]

@@Chris-qi5kn Yes took history classes but White history classes who didn't teach about these injustices! Since you wanted to go there!

[@Chris-qi5kn]

@@dianadowie3985 Its called the Atlantic slave trade.

[@rufusreloaded1043]

Terrible places, Australia, New Zealand, Canada. You'd hate it there.

[@dianadowie3985]

@@Chris-qi5kn it called I wasn't taught this history. In 1950's this wasn't taught in the American schools.

[@MrGorgefla]

We see similar issues in the common wealth. They are calling for days of mourning by a people for a monarch and a people who hates the minorities they profited off for 100s of years.

[@davidswain8772]

Plonker, the UK donates money to the Commonwealth countries every year, try asking yourself........where's the money going?

[@gugah6895]

@@davidswain8772 Donate you say?

[@davidswain8772]

@@gugah6895 Yes, donate, pay, contribute, whichever way you want to say it. What's the problem, does it go against your false agenda.

[@veroniqueverstichelen7371]

Yup..insane...

[@veroniqueverstichelen7371]

@@davidswain8772 it's going to the corrupt governments that are funded by corrupt governments from the west, russia or china.

[@nkosilathidube3627]

I'm a 23 year old Zimbabwean and even if my grandmother who is alive and well didn't tell me about her TRUE LIFE experiences under British colonialism, I myself can see how alive its legacy still is not only in our society but our whole region and moreover the whole of Africa. I live not far from a high school named after Winston Churchill, my 28 year old brothers primary school was named after Lous Mountbatten, we all know the famous Victoria Falls etc. My point is there's MILLIONS of people who are alive today who remember what we only broke away from in 1980! Both my parents were alive. Without being fought militarily, us the younger generation experienced their colonialism with a different name and new strategy of protecting their enterprise with contracts instead of mainly bloodshed. Trying to force us to mourn one of the most recognizable faces of our oppression is disrespectful beyond belief!

[@dontgivamonkeyz]

You need to look up Rhodesia and see what your country use to be like and would still be like if it hadn't become Zimbabwe! It was once referred to as "the bread basket of Africa" now its known as the basket case of Africa. Unfortunately for you politicians from all over the world stuck their noses in your nations affairs and helped destroy a once flourishing nation.

[@LittleMissPyeWacket]

As an African living in Nigeria, I have done my own due diligence on the slave history after which I stopped lobbing blame at the white man. The role we played may have been even more heinous. Some years back, I even visited a small settlement near Calabar called Obio-oko (aka Creek-Town) where I saw a row of Napoleon-era cannons lined up facing the Calabar river looking at first almost ornamental; except when I enquired about them I was told they were used by our chiefs to fight off the anti-slavers. My word, that really blew me. Or about the King of Dahomey imploring the English to lay off pressuring him to stop slavery. Even in this modern times, there's been a surge in kidnapping, human trafficking and illegal sale of human organs to almost epidemic levels. Feels almost like a throwback to a primordial instinct to trade through sale of one another. Reparations were paid to slave owners upon abolishing slavery but the slaves were almost exclusively bought in the first place by Europeans from Africa, not captured. As such, it is the African leaders of the time who profited from those sales, and should be paying reparations to descendants of slaves, if anything.

[@ghislainromeo]

The low viewing on this segment tells you how deafening truth has become. People will rather live by the disillusioned on the propaganda instead of looking to reality

[@josephshields2922]

They would rather fawn over the royal family and pretend they knew a lady whom they weren't even allowed to speak to.

[@MJ-qb5ph]

It might be timing - she has gone and gained respect in life in almost direct contrast to celebrity politicians and religions lose respect - a lot of people liked her not the institution etc

[@ghislainromeo]

@@MJ-qb5ph any specific example? Elaborate on how she went and gained the respect of others. The fact that some fell warm about her should not absolve the fact that she represented and personified repression from other. And please site one instance on how she went and gained respect.

[@DLewis-kt9ok]

When a rapist dies, should the victims mourn?

[@rufusreloaded1043]

When a rapist dies, should someone else get blamed for the rape when they die becasue they were born in the same country as the rapist.

[@bonswagga309]

this is why i love amy and this is why this is the best news channel online because of its real and unbiased truth telling

[@earlinebeaman684]

I love Amy too and I've watched her for many years. I doubt if any of us knows the complete truth.

[@phyllisthompson4207]

Dark and bloody history. We can never recover!! Wow, I’m so happy that these are coming out.

[@gm7304]

Amy these flowers are for You today🌸💮💐🌷🌼🌻🌺🥀🌹🏵 Thank You

[@paladancray7242]

Hmm! Very good using the flowers instead of Words 👏🏽👏🏽👍👍💯

[@paula.a8709]

“If the so called Queen didn’t know, then there is no use for an ignorant figure head!” No one should spend time mourning but strategizing to bring these colonizing demons to heal!

[@brit50ify]

Thats half the main countries of the world who have been colonizers at some point

[@brittanyhayes1043]

Or you can forgive.

[@PROGRESS4eva]

@@brittanyhayes1043 forgiveness shouldn't be one way... further more it's appalling to say such

[@brittanyhayes1043]

@@PROGRESS4eva Forgive the Queen or you endanger your own soul

[@brittanyhayes1043]

@@PROGRESS4eva Of you can't forgive someone they you gonna go to hell.

[@bensonmuiruri7976]

Caroline is a great author. I have read her book not once. It is a masterpiece. It relates so well with us in Kenya. The horror of torture unearthed in the book is unimaginable. My respect to her work.

[@cushitepeople9165]

Thanks am going to buy a copy

[@babsme6459]

Does she also point out the millions sold into slavery along with the million sacrificed by Africans? If not then this is just another opportunity for the race pimps to crawl out of the sewer.

[@markcynic808]

When is her book on American colonisation and destruction of the native peoples coming out?

[@mugenyiassad1699]

@@markcynic808 touché

[@naturalmystics-kd9vt]

Break up the slave master empire Charles is a womanizer who commit adultery he doesn't have any good moral standards

[@nancyjay8519]

This is one of the most amazing media communication channel, one of a kind of excellence to watch and get very well detailed information these days.👏👏👏👏👍.

[@annemwaniki2979]

Thank you, Caroline Elkins

[@highflierdz]

Colonialism was brutal and barberic. The neocolonialism is nowadays identical. Africa is now saying enough is enough!! USA can you hear it ??

[@davidnyc487]

In Ireland Queen Victoria is called the Famine Queen.

[@yvonneparmenter9251]

I understand the population of Ireland still hasn't reached the level it was before the Famine.

[@hughslevin7120]

Except she should be called the GENOCIDE QUEEN

[@felixfedre518]

David T Queen Victoria died over a hundred years ago, it's Elizabeth who as just died.

[@therealdeal3672]

Felix, David makes a valid point. Essentially indicating that this has been going on for a long time. And that British queens and kings have not been so kind to those they consider more lowly. And that does include Elizabeth. She's gotten better with age and the times. But the monarchy has little reason to validate its existence. If they do a cost-benefit analysis and decide that it benefits Britain financially to have the monarchy then that would be a legitimate reason to keep it. Otherwise those guys need to stop sponging off the taxpayers.

[@johnjackson8783]

There never was a potato famine. They just forgot where they planted them.

[@RobinaB530]

Second generation Irish immigrant here. My grandmother was a political prisoner in an 18th century English prison in Dublin in the 20's for wanting a united Ireland. Lizzie's in the box! All the pictures all these years with her in jewels plundered from the colonies. It's time to end the monarchy and pay reparations.

[@terraplane49]

I remember, as a 14-year-old, hearing one of the teachers at my school, while telling off a classmate, refer to him as, " a right little Jomo Kenyatta". That was the only time I heard the name mentioned, and obviously in a derogatory sense. It was only after, once I began to use the library, and to read what I could find, that I learned that the Mau Mau were terrible people who deserved the fate that so many met. Years passed, and more learning showed me that those books were deliberately distorted. At 19, I was told, by a senior army officer, that I had insufficient respect for my betters. That was the point at which I started to question what I had been taught in 1960s grammar school, and to lose any respect I might have had for the towering pyramid of classism, and snobbery which defines so much of the British system. I hope that every member of the Commonwealth makes the decision to leave. It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people.

[@briancarton1804]

Well said, no time for the British class system.

[@alexskatit4188]

Roger Akers, you are confusing the commonwealth with the monarchy. The commonwealth is a free association to which countries apply for membership.

[@wor53lg50]

Theres no way a british white teacher would have known bumya kenyata or whatever, im a 45 year old man from a council estate from poor working class family, and i know every derogatory term for a coloured person, but never ever once heard that, your a complete liar and should be ashamed of yourself, also you couldnt have had it that bad here by the school your claiming to have gone to, when you dig a hole you dont jump in it head first,so you keep crying wolf and see where it gets you....

[@amyhughes4678]

America too

[@queenoftenthousandmoons8864]

What about the hundreds of indigenous people that were declassified and listed as MULATTOS when they were Natives to the land not AFRICANS and the indigenous women and children were dropped off in Belize and the Caribbean by British colonizers sailing that false narrative that all black people came to America from slave ships can someone please explain and start this conversation

[@nothingbutfacts1676]

The egregious atrocities committed by the UK, in Kenya, under the queens blessing and Kenya provides a national mourning for the queen. Unfortunately, Kenya is spitting on the graves of it’s ancestors embarrassing.

[@lesleyb5591]

The British monarch has no political power. Political power in Britain lies with Parliament.

[@MsVanorak]

more recently - since these countries became independent - operation coast - chemical sterilization of the masses by air. who did that?

[@ozdigg9254]

Thank you. It's still going on in Australia where I live. Sickening.

[@telboy2966]

The Commonwealth is a voluntary organisation, no nation is forced to be a member.

[@ChocolateAristocrat]

“Never expect the hand that knocked you down to pick you up” ~Rachel Peters

[@tracyveronicarolla9561]

You better tell the truth!

[@Nina-hl5qk]

Very true . African who sold Africans are sill happy to sell Africans .

[@deathlytree434]

the times of queens and kings is gone how is anyone in their right mind morning the symbol of tyranny

[@sarahjaneross2918]

There's a lot in the UK "mourning" and dissenting voices are being shut down. 😒 It's a huge operation of mind control.

[@johnjackson8783]

Thanks for the laugh.......

[@ozsfi]

@Deathlytree They mourn a person of flesh and blood, no-one mourns a symbol.

[@deathlytree434]

@@ozsfi they dont know the person personally. They morn a symbol of a person while ignoring the atrocities that happened under her reign. Her reign being a symbol of ultamate tryanny monarchs so im happy shes roasting

[@ahamed6702]

@@ozsfi This monarchy does represent tyranny, racism, terrorists.

[@patrickwright6644]

Down with the commonwealth ,down with the monarchy

[@superlight7654]

OK. Then I wish these people who go around saying that would stay in their own country.

[@patrickwright6644]

The British empire destroyed african civilatllization enslave the miseducate Africa's people ...we in my country are still experiencing the polarising effects

[@superlight7654]

@@patrickwright6644 Africa is a place of tribes. African tribal leaders colluded with slave traders. I am against slavery. African countries could have made positive changes themselves. There is an element of corruption and poor leadership among the people. Other countries made decisions and had strong leadership to organise themselves. When I have spoken to Africans in the UK non of them mentioned slavery. They appreciated their education and did not seem to like the politics of current Africa. Africans from different nations fight among themselves. I believe this would have continued on regardless. This is not uncommon in the human population. Europe did it hundreds of years ago. The Saudis and the Ottomans also played a huge part in slavery more so than the Europeans. The Europeans were at the forefront in stopping slavery in Africa and the Arabs wanted to continue. Over thousands of years people have moved in and out of Africa by force or willingly. Slavery and Empire building has happened for thousands of years globally. The Chinese continue to grow their empire by extending their borders. The Han Chinese has taken over many lands. Humans in general have not changed.

[@patrickwright6644]

@@superlight7654 I'm from the Caribbean ,and tellirng all that rhd effects of willue lunch syndrome are alive here ,(if you're white you're right ,if youre briwn stick around and you are Black stay at the back ) yea there were collusion zmong tribes ,Benin especially .however I being a descendant of slaves I'm telling that our constitution binds to the evil British monarch.

[@patrickwright6644]

@@superlight7654 I'm from the Caribbean ,and tellirng all that rhd effects of willue lunch syndrome are alive here ,(if you're white you're right ,if youre briwn stick around and you are Black stay at the back ) yea there were collusion zmong tribes ,Benin especially .however I being a descendant of slaves I'm telling that our constitution binds to the evil British monarch.

[@ja007mes5]

Kenya complain about British empire and yet it is mourning 4 days for queen's death, whats this?!

[@lindeelou6946]

Hypocrisy 🤷‍♀️🙊

[@simonmarie83]

My heart is broken. I'm English, although I have no English heritage. I was born in London to a Yugoslav and a Mauritian. My heritage is mixed. Yet, I am so ashamed of what the establishment has done. I wish the monarchy would be abolished. I'm not alone in this as an English person. The people in my country are sick in the head. They want to ignore all these atrocities. As soon as I criticize these acts I am deemed not a true Brit. I wish people would listen to these accounts. It's not much to ask.

[@marko5631]

Why live in your adopted country when you obviously dislike it? At least you could be grateful to them for letting you migrate?

[@johnpurdie3281]

You are not English, being born in England with no heritage doesn't make you English. My dog was born in Australia but it doesn't make him a kangaroo. Long live the King 👑

[@simonmarie83]

@@johnpurdie3281 thank you for your insight.

[@TheGiantKillers]

"Just because one is born in a stable, doesn't make him a horse" Duke of Wellington. What he meant by that was although he was born in Ireland, he wasn't Irish.

[@josephyates9936]

@@johnpurdie3281 So what is your definition of being "English"? Historically, England has been invaded by Romans, Germans, Scandinavians, French, just to name a few. I guess by your definition their is no such thing as an English person. By the way, The King is a relatively recent descendant of a German family so I guess he does not have the pedigree to be considered as English either...

[@mrbushlied7742]

[Verse 1] They smiled so much and waved their flags As she saluted to the military band Most of the people failed to see She had a broken bottle in the other hand [Pre-Chorus 1] And she took them by surprise When she took them by the throat And said 'My friend, you're not allowed to vote' But they shook it all off With a nervous laugh and cough 'Next time,' she said, 'I'll let those people choke' [Chorus] x2 The people who grinned themselves to death Smiled so much, they failed to take a breath And even when their kids were starving They all thought the queen was charming

[@stephendouglas4870]

Ridiculous. The assumption in these words is that the Queen was a RULER of Britain. She was not, and the Royal family has no political power. The Civil Wars of the 1640s and the steady granting of power to Parliament in the centuries that followed saw to this. The speakers above keep speaking of 'the British Government' as if the Queen is synonymous with officials who make the decisions. Americans are unclear about the history.

[@TR4R]

Then so, Stephen, monarchy should have been abolished long ago. You're redeeming the queen and the royal family from all responsibility while they were indifferent at best and to me there's a responsibility in that. As monarchs, even symbolical, they could protest publicly against those abuses. They didn't.

[@melissaweigh4508]

what song is this?

[@cindygardener-collinsmimi531]

WTF is this all about??. Really??!!!!😱

[@sstarklite2181]

Reparations are due to all the world’s poorest people! We need EQUAL WEALTH worldwide ASAP! Billions are starving to death worldwide because of capitalism, USA and UK!

[@clarkhull7546]

ok Karen

[@jamessylvestri6959]

This old Irishman only half living in Seattle is All for the monarchy absolutely love it best funeral I have seen.I will never forget.I mourn the qween as an American such tradition.There are reasons for everything I even respect the Saudi prince.

[@beaniebud8829]

It seems to me that all independence from British rule did for most of us in the commonwealth was to strip us of our British passports and other benefits like the ability to work in Britain if so desired and change the colour of our rulers. For the most part our own elected officials have treated us far worse than the British. I cannot think of one positive thing about independence from Britain. If anyone would like to school me on the positives be my guest.

[@alxdava2004]

What British have succeeded is to make you think that the wealth is on their country while they steal your country through their companies to get more richer.

[@boyo3sxope36]

That is what you understand a passport to work in britian, the British never give full independence to any of there colonial countries, there is always covert operation to make sure these countries don't prosper ,their leaders are always assasinated ,their farm product is not accepted, while the British crown control all mineral and oil found in these country, you can't understand because you are a pink person, not melinated.

[@margybernard]

@@MsVanorak really? I wonder what happened to Australia, Canada and New Zealand. They seem quite developed to me. 🤔😳

[@FrankWinchester]

@@margybernard New Zealand is packed to the brim with British immigrants. We're doing fine

[@frankhyland6333]

@@margybernard They stuck to the ideas and commonsense ways and democracy of the British, and still do.

[@geraldwilliams6972]

Why would anyone miss these evil people? Good riddance.

[@Imissyoulou]

I love your post. Brief and to the point.

[@youngeagle5953]

“Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.” Frantz Fanon, Wretched of the Earth

[@judithrobinson5064]

TO: YOUNG EAGLE, GREAT QUOTE!!! FRANTZ FANON'S BOOK SHOULD BE READ BY ALL "OPPRESSED" PEOPLE'S...

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

History is just that, the past. You can not deny it or over turn it. The US was a British colony and we fought two wars to be free. The UK is now, in the present, our best ally. What matters is the present looking forward to the future.

[@tadsklallamn8v]

Seattle Police Department shot my indigenous cousin to death, because he was deaf and could not hear them. This shit is happening right here in the USA

[@appytight8468]

I'm very sorry for your tragic loss, but I do hope you're not going to join the other blinkered people here and also blame the British Empire for this and all the world's ills. Sorry to say it, but the USA has been a cesspit of shameless hypocrisy and corruption from the day of its inception. Independence was driven by the desire to stop the pesky imperial government from hindering the settlers' desires to tear up the treaties with your people and freely massacre them and steal their land. Don't think any of the woke, identity political fanatics on here are your friends and are in any rush to admit their own history. Far easier to villify and viciously slander another country's people and political system - a country in the vanguard of abolishing slavery and establishing true universal democracy and civil rights. Often against stiff opposition, notably from that supposed vanguard of liberty the good old US of A

[@tadsklallamn8v]

@@appytight8468 I hate the USA and the British empire. two wings of the same anglo bird

[@senenvivero1943]

An excellent program, Amy! Eye-opening information, that's what the world needs to overcome the barrage of propaganda around the British royal family.

[@cosmoray9750]

Those who revere the so called royal family has a serious case of Helsinki syndrome.

[@ashyslashy5818]

FBI REPORTS 40 MILLION SLAVES IN AFRICA TODAY.

[@petehill8885]

this funeral is ridicolous, the cost, the ridicolous theatrics. It really has no future.

[@sjordan7085]

Please excuse my compute*.

[@lennyroach8833]

Why are you so angry with the world Pete? Your son should be seen as a gift not a reason for you to be so nasty towards people. Bless you.

[@revol148]

"to allow the African countries independence from white colonial rule would be like the adults leaving the children in the house overnight with only a box of matches to play with" - 70 years later and you can see how that person was proved correct - the chaos of post-colonial Africa is there to see.

[@jeanhawken4482]

It seems every royal rule has appalling histories of cruelty. So one wonders what the excuse is for the current series of industrial cruelty and butchery that is worldwide that is going on today.

[@topgrain]

No "excuse" needed. It is a die that was cast and must be undone to keep it from becoming the future.

[@vancegilmore5821]

Christianity condones slavery. 1 Peter 2:18 says "You who are slaves must submit to your masters with all respect. Do what they tell you-not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are cruel."

[@kellynestegard5208]

@@vancegilmore5821 That's not really condoning slavery, is it? Maybe he's just preaching a non-violent political strategy.

[@LittleMissPyeWacket]

As an African living in Nigeria, I have done my own due diligence on the slave history after which I stopped lobbing blame at the white man. The role we played may have been even more heinous. Some years back, I even visited a small settlement near Calabar called Obio-oko (aka Creek-Town) where I saw a row of Napoleon-era cannons lined up facing the Calabar river looking at first almost ornamental; except when I enquired about them I was told they were used by our chiefs to fight off the anti-slavers. My word, that really blew me. Or about the King of Dahomey imploring the English to lay off pressuring him to stop slavery. Even in this modern times, there's been a surge in kidnapping, human trafficking and illegal sale of human organs to almost epidemic levels. Feels almost like a throwback to a primordial instinct to trade through sale of one another. Reparations were paid to slave owners upon abolishing slavery but the slaves were almost exclusively bought in the first place by Europeans from Africa, not captured. As such, it is the African leaders of the time who profited from those sales, and should be paying reparations to descendants of slaves, if anything.

[@Vonnie777]

Thanks for telling and sharing the truth! Thanks for calling it out- The evils of the world. CAROLYN ELKINS

[@clarkhull7546]

Long live Great Britain!!

[@marigoldbeam5475]

And their Tampon King!

[@justgivemethetruth]

Caroline Elkins is a real heavyweight - really impressive person and work.

[@gm7304]

Hell, Yea bring back everything you stole out of Africa Brittan plundering their art is a disgrace to this day give it back it does not belong to you 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@felixfedre518]

I don't think they ever had anything worth taking. They never even tamed the horse or discovered the wheel. It cost the English people a fortune to keep those starving Africans in food and education, still does. WHITE MAN'S BURDEN. Don't you know?

[@fromGhetto2Goddess]

Powerful piece with potent & critically needed information . The whole world needs to learn this truth and act accordingly ASE

[@babsme6459]

And what is "act accordingly"? This is 2022 AND SLAVERY STILL EXISTS IN AFRICA! GENOCIDE STILL EXISTS IN AFRICA! And neither Elizabeth nor the UK have anything to do with either! So what about THIS truth and how will YOU "act accordingly"????????

[@anitaobeng9553]

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[@rickelliott3683]

Colonization is one sad aspect of monarchy. Being a subject in one's own country is also in my opinion, another sad aspect of monarchy. Still the British people as a majority seem to love their royals. I personally don't understand why. The Royal Family has unelected authority and live a lavish life at the expense of the British people. So it is up to them to decide to make a change from an perceivably obsolete system of governing to a more representative and modern one. Now, with the Queen's passing and what might be anticipated as a relatively short reign for Charles, it might be a good time to dismantle the monarchy and transition to a truly representative system.

[@yvonneparmenter9251]

I couldn't agree more, Again we have got to start teaching proper history in British Schools, The Germans have had to come to terms with the evil of Nazism, it is about time we Brits came to terms with the evil of colonialism. We can only do that through proper education.

[@heavenlymilano]

The British people as a majority seem to love their royals. Yes, because they have to. Declaring otherwise will get you jailed. There is not free speech in the UK.

[@dannyd96]

Because the alternative to the monarchy is a lot worse. President Tony Blair? A war criminal. More deceitful politicians. More division. The monarchy must evolve, but for the sake of democracy it must stay. Monarchy is the protectorate of British democracy.

[@heavenlymilano]

@@dannyd96 Oh really? So Charles is a great leader? You can't imagine a better elected president? Get real! They are just members of a filthy rich family. They are no more qualified to lead a nation than you and I. People establish and protect democracy.

[@alexskatit4188]

You really don't understand the UK government system. The government is a representative parliamentary system. The Head of government is the Prime Minister. The monarchy is symbolic and has no governing power.

[@kevin30b90]

"Kenya is a proud member of the Commonwealth, since 1963, and remains committed to its ideals and objectives. The Commonwealth assists Kenya, under the CFTC and the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Regular Fund, mainly through: training courses, technical assistance, policy and advisory support, seminars and consultancies in the fields of good governance and democracy; trade and investment; economic and financial management; poverty reduction and public sector reforms". This is a quote from the Kenya High Commission.

[@loishub1348]

😏 Yeah... they left out the part, they had a gun, to his head. Everyone who knows how European & 🇺🇲 governments work, know their criminals ‼️Black leaders that don't bow to their glutenous greed, they'll finance terrorist groups, to commit mass genocide, and assassinate the Leaders. 5 Alkebulan presidents were assassinated who refused c19💉 After they deleted them, they then went in to attempt to force the ppl to comply. The ppl ran them b!tches off their soils‼️

[@pmoncelsinger700]

Thanks for speaking truth to power!!! 🎯

[@FNFIHOCTW]

Mourning The British/Nazi regime is absurd. I mourn my ancestors and not the bloo-d thirsty empires of the Europeans! She lived 96yrs and never worked a day in her life, this was made possible by thievery!Truth.

[@dannyd96]

What a ridiculous comment. I’d go out on a whim and guess you’re American as your lack of insight, incredulous as it is, suggests. How about talk about things you know about instead? Maybe write us some thing on your love of celebrity, capitalism, materialism, and the self? How about the US keeps their project to itself (it won’t last much longer) and the Brits can keep their monarchy and their democracy (which the monarchy protects and doesn’t undermine, vis a vis Trump). Let’s not forget atop your American Empire sits an elected King with the power of decree and the tendency to divide. So you can have your actual Nazi Mr. Trump back and senile Joe will be your Imperial placeholder (or Presidents as you call them to suggest otherwise to your dumb populous, who will believe anything). I apologise for the rant. I wish you well and suggest you read about what the monarchy was, is, and represents and how invaluable it is in protecting democracy and preventing the tyranny of politicians. The history of the monarchy is often confused with the history of Britain’s politics. The two are entirely different things. Not since the reign of King Charles I did the monarch have any power to direct government actions vis a vis imperial conquest. Since then, monarchs have been on the sidelines of Britain’s expansion.

[@jedidiahsojourner1917]

Yup

[@tovah7173]

Elizabeth knew it all...... Why do people think she wasn't involved. She didn't appear to be a standby queen.

[@shammubs9657]

Uganda ..kenya we demand apology plus compassionation

[@kennedynyangacha3171]

The really Man that fought for the Kenyan Freedom was Dethani Kimathi who will never be known by any white man or capitals since his family was made poor and remains poor . Mandela knew him and NEVER RESPECTED KENYA SINCE HE( Mandela), was NEVER SHOWN HIS GRAVE WHEN HE ASKED!!. The Rest try to tell a story told to them. Kimathi’s family exists!.

[@nabilahsempalanaggayimp1462]

We have Kimathi Avenue in Kampala, Uganda