History of Kenya
Mrs.
Nardi's 9th Grade World History Class
Lenox Memorial High School, Lenox, Massachusetts
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Photograph of Mt. Kenya from Friendly Planet Tours
In order to understand and appreciate the struggle to establish the independent modern state of Kenya, historians, students and other interested parties would find it helpful to consider the history of the Kikuyu before the arrival of the Europeans. Thus, this web site will attempt to summarize their history starting with the migration of early Kikuyu in the 1500s; then, the site will examine the Mau Mau Urprising between 1952 and 1958 along with the British response.
Kenya is a country in east Africa that is bisected by the equator and has 536 miles of coastline on the Indian Ocean. It contains the second tallest mountain in Africa, Mount Kenya which is 5199 feet. Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania and Sudan. It was British East Africa for more than 50 years but won its independence in 1963. Kenya is a republic undergoing rapid economic and political change.
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