“Most of our grandparents were oppressed,” a lawyer in Kenya tweeted hours after the queen’s death. “I cannot mourn.” — The Associated Press
Today, in the British Empire’s former colonies, her death brings complicated feelings, including anger.
“Most of our grandparents were oppressed,” Mugo tweeted hours after the queen’s death Thursday. “I cannot mourn.” Elizabeth’s reign saw the hard-won independence of African countries from Ghana to Zimbabwe, along with a string of Caribbean islands and nations along the edge of the Arabian Peninsula. Yiannis Spanos, president of the Association of National Organization of Cypriot Fighters, said the queen was “held by many as bearing responsibility” for the island’s tragedies.India is renewing its efforts under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove colonial names and symbols. The country has long moved on, even overtaking the British economy in size.
“We cannot blame the queen for all the sufferings that we had at that particular time,” Kahindi said.
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