Kenya Colony

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical colony
gptkbp:area 582,646 square kilometers
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Nairobi
gptkbp:conflict Ethnic tensions
Colonial resistance movements
Land conflicts with indigenous populations
gptkbp:culturalInfluence British_culture
Indian_culture
African_traditions
gptkbp:currency gptkb:East_African_shilling
gptkbp:dissolved 1963
gptkbp:established 1895
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Lake_Victoria
gptkb:Mount_Kenya
gptkb:Great_Rift_Valley
Savannah_grasslands
gptkbp:governmentType Colonial administration
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Land_and_Freedom_Army
Mau Mau Uprising
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Colonial period
Post-colonial period
gptkbp:historicalSignificance The 1960 Lancaster House Conference
The 1963 Constitution of Kenya
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kenya Colony
gptkbp:independence gptkb:Kenya_Independence_Act_1963
gptkbp:legacy Economic structures established during colonialism
Cultural_diversity_in_Kenya
Influence_on_modern_Kenyan_politics
Land_ownership_issues_in_Kenya
gptkbp:localGovernment gptkb:Sir_Edward_Northey
gptkbp:majorIndustry gptkb:Luhya
gptkb:Kalenjin
Luo
Kikuyu
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Tom_Mboya
gptkb:Jomo_Kenyatta
gptkb:Wangari_Maathai
gptkb:Jaramogi_Oginga_Odinga
Dedan Kimathi
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:population approximately 2 million (in 1962)
gptkbp:reform gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:significance Machinery
Petroleum products
Textiles
Foodstuffs
gptkbp:significantEvent Coffee
Tea
Horticultural products
Pyrethrum