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HISTORY OF KENYA

including headings Masai and Kikuyu, German-British carve up, British East Africa Company, East African Protectorate, Kenya Colony, ...

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Later commissioners develop Johnston's solution for | HISTORY OF UGANDA
Uganda Protectorate

Later commissioners develop Johnston's solution for Uganda into a clear-cut distinction between it and neighbouring Kenya. White settlers are actively encouraged to move into Kenya's highlands, a region to the immediate...

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The real prize lies ahead, a | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL
The Portuguese and India

The real prize lies ahead, a dangerous journey away, across the Indian Ocean. At Malindi, on the coast of Kenya, a pilot is found who knows the route northeast to Calicut, an important trading centre in southern India....

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The real prize lies ahead, a | HISTORY OF EXPLORATION
The Portuguese and India

The real prize lies ahead, a dangerous journey away, across the Indian Ocean. At Malindi, on the coast of Kenya, a pilot is found who knows the route northeast to Calicut, an important trading centre in southern India....

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From the start a major political | HISTORY OF SOMALIA
Somali conflicts

From the start a major political theme in independent Somalia is the need to reunite with three large Somali groups trapped in other states - in French Somaliland, in Ethiopia (the annexed Ogaden and Haud regions) and in...

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In 1894 the British government declares | HISTORY OF KENYA
British East Africa Company

In 1894 the British government declares a protectorate over Buganda. Two years later British control is extended to cover the western kingdoms of Ankole, Toro and Bunyoro - to form, together with Buganda, the Uganda Prot...

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In 1894 the British government declares | HISTORY OF UGANDA
British East Africa Company

In 1894 the British government declares a protectorate over Buganda. Two years later British control is extended to cover the western kingdoms of Ankole, Toro and Bunyoro - to form, together with Buganda, the Uganda Prot...

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During 1915 Lettow-Vorbeck, left to his | HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
German Africa

During 1915 Lettow-Vorbeck, left to his own devices, sets about transforming his colony into a self-sufficient territory, capable of surviving without imports as a siege economy. The next allied invasion comes in Februar...

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During 1915 Lettow-Vorbeck, left to his | HISTORY OF GERMANY
German Africa

During 1915 Lettow-Vorbeck, left to his own devices, sets about transforming his colony into a self-sufficient territory, capable of surviving without imports as a siege economy. The next allied invasion comes in Februar...

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One human variety, first appearing about | HOMINIDS AND HUMANS
Homo erectus

One human variety, first appearing about 2 million years ago, has provided a fossil skeleton even more complete than Lucy's.

It is of a boy, about eleven years old and not yet fully grown, who...

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One human variety, first appearing about | OUR FAMILY TREE
Homo erectus

One human variety, first appearing about 2 million years ago, has provided a fossil skeleton even more complete than Lucy's.

It is of a boy, about eleven years old and not yet fully grown, who...

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Africa is the first region into | HISTORY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Islam in east Africa

Africa is the first region into which Islam is carried by merchants rather than armies. It spreads down the well-established trade routes of the east coast, in which the coastal towns of the Red Sea (the very heart of Is...

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Africa is the first region into | HISTORY OF ISLAM
Islam in east Africa

Africa is the first region into which Islam is carried by merchants rather than armies. It spreads down the well-established trade routes of the east coast, in which the coastal towns of the Red Sea (the very heart of Is...

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Africa is the first region into | HISTORY OF AFRICA
Islam in east Africa

Africa is the first region into which Islam is carried by merchants rather than armies. It spreads down the well-established trade routes of the east coast, in which the coastal towns of the Red Sea (the very heart of Is...

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The existence of these African kingdoms | HISTORY OF UGANDA
Buganda

The existence of these African kingdoms has a profound influence on the development of Uganda during the colonial period. But when the scramble for Africa begins, in the 1880s, this remote interior region is not immediat...

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As it turns out, this particular | HISTORY OF AFRICA
The scramble completed

As it turns out, this particular issue is resolved amicably between Germany and Britain - though with scant regard for the sultan's supposed claims. It is agreed in 1886 that the two nations' spheres of interest will be...

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As it turns out, this particular | HISTORY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
The scramble completed

As it turns out, this particular issue is resolved amicably between Germany and Britain - though with scant regard for the sultan's supposed claims. It is agreed in 1886 that the two nations' spheres of interest will be...

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It is estimated that about 250,000 | HISTORY OF TANZANIA
German East Africa

It is estimated that about 250,000 Africans die in the resulting famine. German East Africa, like German South West Africa, acquires in its early years a besmirched colonial record. Meanwhile Karl Peters, the originator...