Synopsis
History and witness experiences of the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya.
- Programme: This World
- Episode: The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2014
- History | Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day | Migration to & from Britain c.790 to the present day | 1900-c.2010
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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