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Kenya-depth study
Anglo-German agreement 1866
- dividing East Africa to avoid future conflicts
British east Africa protectorate
- created after British east Africa Company’s financial struggles
East Africa protectorate to Kenya crown colony
- transitioned in 1930 administered by a British governor
Devonshire white paper
- 1923 policy acknowlading African interest in Kenya
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Swynnerton plan 1954
- colonial agricultural policy
- plan was geared to expanding native Kenya’ns cash crop production through improved markets
- British sphere of influence
- controlled territories relevant to British interests in East Africa
British empire intervention
-paid BEA company to surrender charter leading to East Africa protectorate
Buganda and Bunyoro conflict
- BEA clashed with indigenous kingdoms during administration
Legislative Representation protests
- increased demands for African representation in the legislature
Education mission in Kenya
- colonial governemnt focused on mass education for natives
kenyan indigenous communities
- acknowledged by Devonshire white paper doe representation
Hut taxes
- forced taxes equating to 2 months earnings for Kenyan labourers
Kipande ID cards
- forced on Kenyans, defined job opportunities and tracked movement
state of emergency 1952
- suspended political rights
- labelled MauMau as terrorists
Africanisation of Government
- one party state established in 1964 by Kenyatta consolidating power
Independence negotiations began in 1960
Agricultural restrictions and Kenyan land dispossession
- Kenyans limited to subsistence farming, unable to cope in markets
- British took 7 million acres of land from native Kenyans
Kenyatta’s imprisonment
- arrested in 1952, sentened to 7 years for alleged MauMau ties
Lunatic line
- created in 1890s in order to get from lake Victoria to the coast, needed a colony to do so
Kenya land and freedom army KLFA
- attempted to force white settlers out
- evidence of nationalism
- shows land greivances
Resident native ordinances
- a series of laws that catergoriesed land
- squatters, contract and casual
- squatters had limited rights and limited pay
- kipande
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The Lari massacre
- march 1953
- village of loyalist kikuyu who refused to support MauMau attacked
- 120+ burned alive
Camps
- 10,000+ arrests
- Hola camp
- terrible violence
- informants, MauMau would strangle and cut out their tongue
- Barbara castle and Enoch Powell spoke out
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Lancaster house agreement 1962
- negotiations with Kenyan nationalists
- constitutional framework and independence planned
Million acre settlement scheme
- British governemnt financed the buying of farmland to redistribute to kikuyu farmers