Jomo Kenyatta

Gidwani observes an inherent incompatibility in capitalism and commons. While capitalism seeks to maximize individual gains, commons share a different goal of bettering the community. So, whenever capitalism and commons are at odds, a capitalist society seek to subdue and eradicate the obstacle impeding its capitalistic; however, Wangari Maathai’s environmentalist campaign against the Kenyan government demonstrates that commons can, in fact, be incorporated into capitalism. The contradiction…

Queen Nzinga Mbande, Queen Nzinga for short, was the powerful African ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms, is now the country of Angola, during the 16th and 17th century. She was best recognized as the fearless leader that helped her people fought against the colonization of the Portuguese and bring freedom to her country, as well as free her people from slavery. Ngola Kiluanji Kia Samba, Nzinga’s father, was the ruler of the Ndongo people at the time Nzinga was born. Her brother, King…

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,…

Kenya was even its original name it was called “Kamba land” and was only renamed because of a German wanderer asking what a mountain was called. Then Britain soon took control of this land, making it their protectorate. After Britain a man named Jomo Kenyatta became the very first president of Kenya and is well known for helping Kenya gain freedom from Britain. Before Britain, Kenya was a peaceful part of the world that had been stumbled upon by a German explorer. This explorer, whose name is…

What happens to people's lives when their country is a colony of another country? This is what exactly the British did to Kenya. They took over and took most of everything from the Africans. And British had colonized 85% of the earth's surface by 1914. This affected the people very much because they had very little, even for themselves. Colonialism affected Kenya in many different ways. In the nineteenth century, all of Africa was placed under European control so no Africans attended…

Politics and Leadership Apart from economic success, the Kikuyu tribe has for years dominated leadership and politics in Kenya. Kenya's first president, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was a Kikuyu. Kenya's third president, his Excellency Emilio Mwai Kibaki, likewise was a Kikuyu. The forth president of Kenya, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, is a Kikuyu. The late Professor Wangari Maathai, Africa's first female Nobel Peace Prize champion, was a Kikuyu. Kikuyu Tribe Traditional Foods In most rural…

After decolonization was achieved, Kenya had a peaceful transition from colony to country, and Jomo Kenyatta became the leader. With his rule, there was not much political instability and Kenya became an increasingly stable nation. Contrasting, Nigeria underwent a period of instability and internal dissent. With the mixture of beliefs and tribes in the…

Just because European countries have the power to colonize the African countries does not mean they should. European countries have been involved in amassing overseas possessions and the colonization of foreign lands since the 1500s. Beginning in the second half of the 1800s, European powers began a mad rush to control as much of the world’s resources as possible. There are many contributing factors behind this spread of new imperialism. These factors include racism, ethnocentrism, economics,…

Problems continued to grow for Garvey starting in 1919 when on October 14 he was shot in an assassination attempt in Harlem, New York. In addition internal critiques within the UNIA of Garvey began to arise noting his intolerance of dissent, poor management skills, and ineptitude in directing the organization's finances which he had increasingly used to support his own lifestyle. Even his first marriage to journalist Amy Ashwood (1897-1969) during this period was short lived and ended in…

One of the partnerships “has helped to make the country’s airline one of the top three carriers in SubSaharan Africa. Jomo Kenyatta International.’ Hence, Kenya became one of the largest international hubs in the area and one of the most easily accessible geographical locations in the East African landscape. The formation and development of road systems funding makes FDI into…