African American Colonialism In Kenya

How did Colonialism affect Kenya? Colonialism is a form of one nation takes control of another. During the time 1800’s Europeans had 85% of the earth colonized by 1914. The colonialism affect on Kenya didn't even occur until the nineteenth century. Were Kenya was created by the Europeans.

Its boundaries were drawn about four thousand miles to the northwest in Berlin, Germany fourteen European nations men in 1884 to 1885 to carve up the African continent. No Africans attended the Berlin Conference. All of Africa was under control of the Europeans besides Liberia and Ethiopia. Only Seven countries were given the right to own a particular territory. What the European believe they gave to the Africans was the Christian religion, a “superior” form of government, and what they considered a more developed civilization.

Kenya was a very high religion type of colony which they had up to 27 different ethnic groups with different cultures all together 75 different ones. As they were invading their homes and taking everything the Africans were furious because of their land and their farms were being taken. Before World War I, Kenya was already ruled from Britain by legislative council. During World War I thousands of Africans served the
After the war Kenyans directly challenged the idea that Kenya should be a “whites man’s country”. Kenya African Union (KAU) was formed and Jomo Kenyatta became president. A anti-colonial group of Africans called the Mau Mau went on a total break from Britain's system, they assumed it was Jomo Kenyatta’s idea so they arrested him October 29, 1952. Kenyans people started to join the group Mau Mau and set a rebellion. Even though the British won the war their government, in 1985, gave up the idea of Kenya as a “white man’s country” and began preparing for African majority