White Highlands (colonial era)

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:region
gptkbp:abolished 1963
Kenyan independence
gptkbp:affectedTribes gptkb:Luo
Maasai
Kalenjin
Kikuyu
Luhya
gptkbp:area about 31,000 square miles
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mau_Mau_Uprising
gptkbp:establishedBy gptkb:British_colonial_government
gptkbp:excludes indigenous Africans
gptkbp:historicalPeriod British colonial era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label White Highlands (colonial era)
gptkbp:legalBasis Crown Lands Ordinance of 1902
Crown Lands Ordinance of 1915
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:mainCrops gptkb:café
gptkb:wheat
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Kitale
gptkb:Nyeri
Nairobi
Eldoret
Nakuru
gptkbp:notableFor racial segregation
agricultural development
land alienation
gptkbp:purpose settlement of European farmers
gptkbp:reservationStatus European settlers
gptkbp:resultedIn land dispossession
social unrest
economic disparity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kenyan_Highlands
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8