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In an interview, Ngũgĩ recalled returning home from Alliance at the end of term to find his entire village had been razed by the colonial authorities.

However, officials opted to raze the old school in its entirety to make room for the new, avoiding costly conservation work.

The existing unoccupied structures will be razed to make way for the new store.

The railway carried about 4,000 passengers daily before shutting down in 1969 when Bunker Hill’s historic housing was razed to make way for skyscrapers.

The destruction of the village began immediately following its residents’ removal in 1942, and over the years more structures were razed as the island grew into an industrial and commercial port.