First off, What is colonialism you may ask? Well it occurs when one nation takes control of another. Colonialism affected most of earth’s population for over a century. Kenya’s history as a colony of Great Britain will expose you to the different point of views of what being colonized was like in the eyes of those being controlled and those who controlled.Also, Kenya was created by Europeans in which It was automatically limited about four thousand miles to the northwest in Berlin Germany. All of Africa was under European control except Liberia and Ethiopia. The result of this colonization was due to the fact that seven countries were given the right to own a specific territory leaving most Africans under the European rule.This slave act ended
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Now lets backtrack, During world War I, thousands of Africans served the British government in the war as “carriers” instead of soldiers yet they still suffered around 50,000 deaths. Kenya was powerless, when the British Settlers took their land, Kenya was able to do nothing. Matter in fact, in document 4 it clearly states “ most Africans wound up accepting the authority of the colonial state.” Which provides evidence to the fact that Africans had no choice but to deal with the colonization happening Within their area, instead of fighting for complete liberation, they thanked the colonizer for freeing them from slavery and rule by other ethnic and religious groups. Some even saw this situation as an opportunity for Africans to be provided with modern skills to socially and economically rise no matter of what past social status they were in. Can you believe that education was not required for Africans and if they did receive education, only one percent received secondary education. But then, Kenya had became harder to rule after the war, leading the Kenyans had begun to organize and protest british
Now lets backtrack, During world War I, thousands of Africans served the British government in the war as “carriers” instead of soldiers yet they still suffered around 50,000 deaths. Kenya was powerless, when the British Settlers took their land, Kenya was able to do nothing. Matter in fact, in document 4 it clearly states “ most Africans wound up accepting the authority of the colonial state.” Which provides evidence to the fact that Africans had no choice but to deal with the colonization happening Within their area, instead of fighting for complete liberation, they thanked the colonizer for freeing them from slavery and rule by other ethnic and religious groups. Some even saw this situation as an opportunity for Africans to be provided with modern skills to socially and economically rise no matter of what past social status they were in. Can you believe that education was not required for Africans and if they did receive education, only one percent received secondary education. But then, Kenya had became harder to rule after the war, leading the Kenyans had begun to organize and protest british