East Africa- Kenya

Question 1

What area of land had the Kikuyu people been pushed off ?

Answer 1

White Highlands

Question 2

Who were key nationalist figure in the 1920s and 1940s?

Answer 2

-Harry Thuku
-Jemma Kenyatto

Question 3

What union was formed in 1946?

Answer 3

Kenya African Union (KAU)

Question 4

In 1948 what did Governor Sir Philip Mitchell declare about Kenya?

Answer 4

Self- government not possible in the near future

Question 5

In 1952 what political nationalist movement formed?

Answer 5

Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA)

Question 6

What other name were the Kenya Land and freedom army known as?

Answer 6

Mau Mau

Question 7

What happened in October 1952?

Answer 7

Mau Mau guerrilla fighters kill a white women farmer and Senior African Official

Question 8

Who was the governor of Kenya 1952-1959?

Answer 8

Sir Evelyn Baring

Question 9

In 1952 what did sir Evelyn Baring declare?

Answer 9

A state of Emergency
(Suspended all political rights for black Africans)

Question 10

When did the Mau Mau uprising occur?

Answer 10

1952-1956

Question 11

How many loyal Kikuyu were recruited to fight alongside the British?

Answer 11

25000

Question 12

How many Mau Mau were killed?

Answer 12

12,000

Question 13

What happened in the Hola camp in 1959?

Answer 13

11 murdered by guards

Question 14

When was the state of emergency lifted ?

Answer 14

Jan 1960

Question 15

When was Kenyatta released from prison?

Answer 15

1961

Question 16

Who became the new governor in 1963?

Answer 16

Malcolm Macdonald

Question 17

With Macdonald and Kenyatta working together to establish self-rule when did Kenya gain independence?

Answer 17

1964