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Mau Mau uprisingABC
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Mau Mau resistance movement was decades in the making after the British colonised Kenya in the 1890s .
By the end of the conflict tens of thousands of Kenyans had been killed.
The British government denied the files existed and hid them from the world for decades .
But as a result of the determination of Mau Mau survivors, the truth was eventually forced out.
In 2003 , Mau Mau veterans successfully sued the British government for compensation.
The files included a diagram of a map of the room in which the documents had been held.
On it were the names of several other former colonies .
Dr Anderson said the documents were vital in proving what survivors' had reported for years .
Patrick Gathara said the British government's actions were an attempt at erasing history.
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