¨Around 2000 B.C. Cushitic-speaking people from northern Africa settled in the part of East Africa that is now Kenya. By the 1st Century AD, the Kenyan coast was frequented by Arab traders, who due to Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula, established Arab and Persian colonies there. The Nilotic and Bantu people also moved into the region during the first millennium AD. and settled inland.¨ When the portuguese arrived in 1498, the coast was no longer dominated by arabs but by the portuguese did. The Port of Mombasa became an important resupply stop for ships going to the Far East. The Portuguese gave it away for islamic control under the Imam of Oman in the 1600s.This lasted until another European influence came along, this time from
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It was made up mostly the territory of present-day Kenya. Although they were two separate jurisdictions, the Colony and the Protectorate were administered as one unit under british control. The government that the british forced all the African living there into reservations and favored the white settlers. While the government gave all the white settlers the best land because of this there were many tensions between the two. The white settlers also got to vote for the legislative council this angered the Africans and they demanded the same rights. The Africans are almost as prompt in their claims. As early as 1921 the East African Association is establishing African rights and to recover appropriated Kikuyu land plus more. In 1925 the colonial government put an end to this first organization, but its members immediately regrouped as the Kikuyu Central Association and three years later the young Jomo Kenyatta becomes general secretary. In 1944 the legislative council in Nairobi becomes the first African colony to include an African member as yet just a single and lonely representative of the Africans. The number doubles to two in 1946, to four in 1948 and to eight in 1951. But the people appointed are appointed by the colonial governor from local lists. In 1952 a militant independence movement calling itself Mau Mau makes its …show more content…
¨The people using terrorist tactics are Kikuyu, and their ritual oaths of loyalty to their secret organization reflect the customs of Jomo Kenyatta's political group.The Kikuyu Central Association. But the meaning of their name for themselves, Mau Mau, is at the time and remains today a mystery.¨ The colonial government reacted quickly. The first thing they did was the arresting of Jomo Kenyatta and launching of a state of emergency. Jomo Kenyatta was charged with the planning of the mau mau uprising and was sentenced to 7 years imprisoned. This did not stop the mau mau from there uprising or lessen them. Then loss of european life was slim around 100 people. The people who suffered most was the other Kikuyu who refused to help the mau mau. About 2,000 people died who refused to help. The mau mau themselves lost about 11,000 people due to british encounters or in british camps. This was a guerilla war that lasts four years and is marked by atrocities on both sides. By 1956 most the violence is over and a conference in London in 1960 gives Africans the most of seats in the legislative council. Kenya's first African parties are formed to take part in the developing political process. In 1960 Kenya elects Jomo Kenyatta as their first ever president.He was released in 1961. In London in 1962 he leads Kenyan delegation in the negotiations for independence. They achieve their independence on
It was made up mostly the territory of present-day Kenya. Although they were two separate jurisdictions, the Colony and the Protectorate were administered as one unit under british control. The government that the british forced all the African living there into reservations and favored the white settlers. While the government gave all the white settlers the best land because of this there were many tensions between the two. The white settlers also got to vote for the legislative council this angered the Africans and they demanded the same rights. The Africans are almost as prompt in their claims. As early as 1921 the East African Association is establishing African rights and to recover appropriated Kikuyu land plus more. In 1925 the colonial government put an end to this first organization, but its members immediately regrouped as the Kikuyu Central Association and three years later the young Jomo Kenyatta becomes general secretary. In 1944 the legislative council in Nairobi becomes the first African colony to include an African member as yet just a single and lonely representative of the Africans. The number doubles to two in 1946, to four in 1948 and to eight in 1951. But the people appointed are appointed by the colonial governor from local lists. In 1952 a militant independence movement calling itself Mau Mau makes its …show more content…
¨The people using terrorist tactics are Kikuyu, and their ritual oaths of loyalty to their secret organization reflect the customs of Jomo Kenyatta's political group.The Kikuyu Central Association. But the meaning of their name for themselves, Mau Mau, is at the time and remains today a mystery.¨ The colonial government reacted quickly. The first thing they did was the arresting of Jomo Kenyatta and launching of a state of emergency. Jomo Kenyatta was charged with the planning of the mau mau uprising and was sentenced to 7 years imprisoned. This did not stop the mau mau from there uprising or lessen them. Then loss of european life was slim around 100 people. The people who suffered most was the other Kikuyu who refused to help the mau mau. About 2,000 people died who refused to help. The mau mau themselves lost about 11,000 people due to british encounters or in british camps. This was a guerilla war that lasts four years and is marked by atrocities on both sides. By 1956 most the violence is over and a conference in London in 1960 gives Africans the most of seats in the legislative council. Kenya's first African parties are formed to take part in the developing political process. In 1960 Kenya elects Jomo Kenyatta as their first ever president.He was released in 1961. In London in 1962 he leads Kenyan delegation in the negotiations for independence. They achieve their independence on