Africa - Nationalism Flashcards

1
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When and where were rail strikes?

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  • Sierra Leone 1919 and 1926

- Nigeria 1926

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What 3 groups all emerge in the inter-war period?

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  • West African Student Union
  • Kenyan Student Union
  • Kikuyu Central Association
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Congress in West Africa…

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  • Demanded greater representation and were initiailly ignored
  • Some concessions in 1920s
  • Nationalists still outnumbered by appointed African chiefs on legislative councils
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What was Young Kikuyu?

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  • Harry Thuku formed

- Set out peacefully to regain land lost when Kenya became a crown colony in 1920

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When and by whom was the East African Association founded? Who made up the members?

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  • Harry Thuku in 1921

- Primarily educated elites

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When did Kenyatta join the East African Association? What then happened?

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  • 1922

- Became broader aims for African rights and representation

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Where and when were riots?

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  • British Somaliland 1920s
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What sort of strikes happened in Northern Rhodesia and when?

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  • Copper strikes

- 1935

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Why were Kenyans and Rhodesians particularly resentful towards the British?

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  • Wealthy white settlers lived on their lands
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How did the Kikuyu Central Association become more representative?

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  • Helped to mobilise rural peasant populations into a mass movement which had previously been confined to urban areas
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How was nationalism in Africa transformed in the inter-war period?

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By 1939, what had been a largely urban nationalist movement, was now incorporating rural worker populations to become a mass movement and so far more formidable force

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