A part of Eastern Africa, the territory of what is known as Kenya has seen human habitation since the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic. The Bantu expansion from a West African centre of dispersal reached the area by the 1st millennium AD. With the borders of the modern state at the crossroads of the Bantu, Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic ethno-linguistic areas of Africa, Kenya is a multi-ethnic state. The Wanga Kingdom was formally established in the late 17th century. The Kingdom covered from the Jinja in Uganda to Naivasha in the East of Kenya. This is the first time the Wanga people and Luhya tribe were united and led by a centralized leader, a king, known as the Nabongo. Kenya's economey is very competitive causing for a very small retail market. There are currently 2 Walmarts in Kenya which shows how competitive the market is. The European and Arab presence in Mombasa dates back to the Early Modern period, but European exploration of the interior began in the 19th century.Wikipedia
A survey of notable events and people in the history of Kenya, a country located in the eastern region of the African continent. Its Indian Ocean coast has historically important ports, such as Mombasa, by which goods from Arabian and Asian traders have entered the continent for many centuries. The capital is Nairobi.
A part of Eastern Africa, the territory of what is known as Kenya has seen human habitation since the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic. The Bantu expansion from a West African centre of dispersal reached the area by the 1st millennium AD. With the borders of the modern state at the crossroads of the Bantu, Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic ethno-linguistic areas of Africa, Kenya is a multi ...
4 days agoKenya - Colonialism, Independence, Wildlife: It is known that human history in Kenya dates back millions of years, because it is there that some of the earliest fossilized remains of hominids have been discovered. Among the best-known finds are those by anthropologist Richard Leakey and others in the Koobi Fora area along the shore of Lake Rudolf that have included portions of Australopithecus ...
HISTORY OF KENYA including Masai and Kikuyu,German-British carve up,British East Africa Company,East African Protectorate,Kenya Colony,Mau Mau,Independence
The colonial history of Kenya dates from the Berlin Conference of 1885 when the European powers first partitioned East Africa into spheres of influence. In 1895, the U.K. Government established the East African Protectorate and, soon after, opened the fertile highlands to white settlers.
Jan 26, 2023This volume covers Kenya's history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment from precolonial times through the first years of independence. The book comprises twenty-one chapters divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the long precolonial moment, detailing the nature of precolonial Kenyan societies and their economics, politics, gender dynamics, and social organization ...
Kenya has a longer and more complex history of human residence than almost anywhere else on earth. Ehret C. further proposes, based on archeology, genetic research and historical analysis that 60,000 years ago the ancestors of every human being alive on earth today lived in the eastern side of Africa.
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