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Fossils found in Kenya have shown that primates inhabited the area for more than 20 million years. In 1929, the first evidence of the presence of ancient early human ancestors in Kenya was discovered when Louis Leakey unearthed one million year old Acheulian handaxes at the Kariandusi Prehistoric Site in southwest Kenya. [ 3 ]
The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was part of the British Empire in Africa from 1920 until 1963. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British Crown colony in 1920.
The American Civil rights leader first visited Kenya in 1959. Earlier in the year, Malcolm X attended the OAU meeting in Cairo to convince African states to raise the question of persecution of African Americans at the United Nations. [93] [94] [95] 1964 12 December Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as the first President of Kenya ...
1 Before European colonization. 2 Colonization. 3 Republic of Kenya. 4 See also. ... This is a list of years in Kenya. Before European colonization. BCE in East Africa;
Kenyatta's mixed legacy was highlighted at the 10-year anniversary of Kenya's independence. A December 1973 article in The New York Times praised Kenyatta's leadership and Kenya for emerging as a model of pragmatism and conservatism. Kenya's GDP had increased at an annual rate of 6.6%, higher than the population growth rate of more than 3%. [78]
Kenya becomes an independent Dominion within the Commonwealth. MacDonald becomes Governor-General of Kenya (only holder of the post) on 12 December 1963 and replaced exactly a year later. Jomo Kenyatta elected first Prime Minister of Kenya. Sultan of Zanzibar cedes 10 miles coastal strip to Kenya. State of Emergency in North Eastern Province
That coastal strip, remaining under the sovereignty of the Sultan of Zanzibar, was constituted as the Protectorate of Kenya in 1920. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The East Africa Protectorate was bounded to the north by the Ethiopian Empire and the Huwan , a semi-independent vassal state of the Ethiopian Empire; to the east by the Italian Geledi, to the south by ...
This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European ... Year Colonial power Morocco: 1912 France [1] Libya: 1911 Italy [2 ...