Kenyan Heritage Video Series
Stellagraphics Ltd.
Kenya History and Biographies Co Ltd presents a collection of historical documentaries by the renowned journalist and filmmaker, Hilary Ng’weno. This curated selection comprises more than 70 films, each spanning decades of Kenya’s rich history, with a particular emphasis on the post-independence era. Among the video series are “50 Years of Independence,” “Mzee Kenyatta’s First Cabinet,” “The Constitutional Road to Independence,” and “Tom Mboya Student Airlifts.” It was published by Stellagraphics Ltd. The physical collection of films is housed at the Hilary Ng'weno Center for East African Media Research at The School of Information Sciences at Moi University, Kenya.
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This film presents one of the most powerful ministers in Kenyatta's first cabinet, Mbiyu Koinange was the first Kenyan to obtain a Master's Degree (from the London School of Economics) …
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This film is about 1968, the year Kenyan athletes won their first gold medals at the Olympic Games in Mexico City.
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As presented in this film, Achieng Oneko was the only member of the first parliament, other than President Jomo Kenyatta, who had been detained by the colonial government.
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This film is about Bruce McKenzie, the only non-African to serve in the cabinet, who became the first Minister of Agriculture in 1963.
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This film presents 1992 as the year that multi-party politics finally returned to Kenya. After two decades of a monopoly on political activity by the ruling Kenya African National Union, …
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In this film, 1996 was the year the opposition tried to put their differences aside and unite ahead of the next general election.
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As presented in this film, in 1980, President Moi appointed Charles Njonjo as Minister of Constitutional Affairs. Njonjo was a member of Parliament for Kikuyu Constituency from 1980 to 1983.
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This film presents Kenya's first Vice President, Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga, who died in 1994. He was a prominent and well-established leader of Kenya's fight for independence.
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In this film, 2010 was the year that Kenyans finally adopted a new Constitution. The reformed Constitutional draft was put forward in 2005 and underwent many reviews until its acceptance …
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Presented in this film, in January 1960, Colonial secretary Ian McLeod facilitated efforts to chart out Kenya's future political development. For the first time, there were real prospects of Africans …