Nyasaland Hypocrisy

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Because of this fact, many Nyasaland veterans of World War II felt that the British were being hypocritical in this situation. In the year 1945, one former Nyasaland KAR soldier who was identified as St. Boniface criticized the British in a journal about the blatant hypocrisy. He discussed both the experiences of hypocrisy in Nyasaland and other parts of the colonies. In his words, he spoke about the horrid attitude of the British towards Nyasaland citizens and veterans. He said that the British viewed the people of Nyasaland as children, and not intelligent people. He pointed to the severity of such thinking and how the British deceived many of the people through propaganda. He called the British cruel for how they treated people who were

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