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State of emergency

  • Alternate title

    • Mau Mau movement for justice, equality and our land
    • Harakati za Mau Mau kwa haki, usawa na ardhi yetu

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"State of Emergency--Harakati za Mau Mau kwa Haki, Usawa na Ardhi Yetu is a documentary project in collaboration with Mau Mau war veterans and Kenyans who survived colonial atrocities. In the form of in-person reenactments, or 'demonstrations', together they (re)visualise the fight for independence from British colonial rule in the 1950s, manifesting their past experiences in the present with a future audience in mind. With most of the colonial archives deliberately destroyed, hidden or manipulated, this project attempts to shine a light on this history’s blind spots by creating new ‘imagined records’ that fill in the missing gaps of historical archives. State of Emergency interweaves fragmentary colonial archives, photographs of architectural and symbolic remnants from the past, mass grave sites, demonstrations and the testimonies of people who experienced and survived the war themselves"-- Maxpinckers.be.

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    [Belgium]: Max Pinckers, 2024

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    • 9082465566
    • 9789082465563

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  • Notes

    • "Copyright Max Pinckers and Michiel Burger for all photographs from 2015, which were created during the project 'The Struggle for Freedom in:_______' of which State of Emergency--Harakati za Mau Mau kwa Haki, Usawa na Ardhi Yetu is a continuation"--Colophon.
    • "This book is a result of a collaboration between Max Pinckers and the Mau Mau Veterans Associations of Mukurwe-ini, Murang'a and Nanyuki, initiated under the leadership of the late National Chairman Elijah Kinyua (aka General Bahati), with the guidance and support of the National Museums of Kenya (Dr. David Mbuthia, Kibaba Muriithi, Antony Maina and Philemon Nyamanga) and Karatina University (Dr. Peter Kinyanjui Mwangi and Prof. John Mwaruvie)"--Colophon.
    • "This book is a result of the photographic documentary State of Emergency--Harakati za Mau Mau kwa Haki, Usawa na Ardhi Yetu, created by Max Pinckers, Victoria Gonzalez-Figueras and many others (2014-2024)"--Colophon.
    • Statement of responsibility from colophon.

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