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Preview: Season 2 Episode 4 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Emeli Sandé explores her grandparents’ remarkable stories of wartime courage.
Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé explores her grandparents’ remarkable stories, which span World War II, the Mau Mau insurgency in Kenya, and the fight for independence in Zambia. She faces a mix of emotions: “Both sets of my grandparents were involved in violent struggles in Africa,” she says. “One, tasked with upholding the British Empire. The other: trying to overthrow it.”
Original production funding for Season 2 of MY GRANDPARENTS' WAR was provided, in part, by MyHeritage and PBS viewers.
A production of Wonderhood Studios for Channel 4 Television, in association with The WNET Group.
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Emeli Sandé Preview
Preview: Season 2 Episode 4 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé explores her grandparents’ remarkable stories, which span World War II, the Mau Mau insurgency in Kenya, and the fight for independence in Zambia. She faces a mix of emotions: “Both sets of my grandparents were involved in violent struggles in Africa,” she says. “One, tasked with upholding the British Empire. The other: trying to overthrow it.”
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Both sets of my grandparents were involved in violent struggles in Africa.
One tasked with upholding the British Empire.
-[Announcer] All who carry the mark of the Mau Mau must be hunted out, so that peace may come to this troubled colony.
-The other?
Trying to overthrow it.
-People like your grandfather fought against these policies, and they demanded independence.
Emeli Sandé's Grandfather Lived Through Zambian Apartheid
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Emeli Sandé learns about the apartheid era when her grandfather mined copper in Zambia. (3m 15s)
Emeli Sandé’s Parents Share Her Grandparents’ War Stories
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Emeli Sandé’s grandparents fought on both sides of the African independence movement. (2m 41s)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
Original production funding for Season 2 of MY GRANDPARENTS' WAR was provided, in part, by MyHeritage and PBS viewers.
A production of Wonderhood Studios for Channel 4 Television, in association with The WNET Group.