Orientation for East Africa Program
Lewis and Clark College
Spring 2006
Richard Peck

KENYA

One Hundred Years of Political History in a Flash

Kenya Index

*Tanzania for comparison*

I.  Precolonial Patterns

 


This image is from a series of photographs taken by the missionary Laura Collins in the early 20th century. The collection is available online. Click on the image to be taken to it. 

II.  Imperialism

 


Colonial East Africa in 1890 

III.  White Man's Country:
the colonial period

 


This image is from the website for the Karen Blixen museum in Denmark. It shows Blixen and her staff on her coffee estate in the Ngong Hills, where she wrote Out of Africa. Click on the image to be taken to the site for the museum.

IV.  The Struggle for Independence (and "Mau Mau")

 


Kenyatta tried for leading "Mau Mau"

V.  The Post-Colonial Settlement

 


 

VI.  The Kenyatta Years

 


Mzee Jomo Kenyatta with Tom Mboya, the latter assassinated soon after. The photo is from a site about Mboya. A click on the photograph will take you to the site.

VII.  The Moi Years

 


Daniel arap Moi

VIII.  Aprés Moi: Mwai Kibaki 

 

Mwai Kibaki

Useful Links

 

 

Welcome Page (Karibuni Nyote)
Kenya Index
I.  Kenya Precolonial Patterns II.  Kenya Imperialism III.  Kenya White Man's Country IV.  Kenya The Struggle for Independence V.  Kenya Post-Colonial Settlement 
VI.  Kenya The Kenyatta Years VII.  Kenya The Moi Years VIII.  Kenya: Kibaki 
Tanzania Index
I. Pre-Colonial Tanganyika, Pre-colonial Zanzibar II. Colonial period (East Africa Campaign) III. Independence, Revolution in Zanzibar, Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar IV. The Nyerere Years (Ujamaa vijijini) V. The Mwinyi Years VI. The Mkapa Years VII. The End of the Mkapa years and election of Kibwete
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Useful Links  Swahili Recipes
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Created by Richard Peck
A minor update made on February 1, 2008