Week 13- Modern Kenya Flashcards
1
Q
The largest and most influential ethnic group in Kenya
A
Kikuyu
2
Q
why did europeans come into Africa
A
- European settlers took over African land, but needed African labor
- And Indians were brought in to develop British run railroad
- thousands of Africans served as soldiers in the British army
3
Q
Jomo Kenyatta
A
was the nonviolent leader for independence and Kikuyu
4
Q
who took violent resistance approach of British domination in 1950
A
The Mau Mau
5
Q
African state of emergency 1952- 1960
A
- massive relocation of Africans
- Estimates are that tens of thousands of Africans were killed along with 32 white settlers
6
Q
As first President of an independent Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta tried:
A
- to keep a fair balance of ethnicities holding political office
- institute agrarian reform
- provide education to the poor
7
Q
problems after Kenya was independent
A
- the economy
- ethnic relations
- terrorism
8
Q
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
A
- kenyan novelist
- his fiction delt with independence of African societies
- wrote novel whole in prison
