East Africa 1857-1967 (excl Sudan and Egypt)

When did John Kirk go to Zanzibar as a British Consul?

1868

What exports was Zanzibar valued for?

Cloves and ivory

When did Germany first recognise British claims to Zanzibar?

1886

Which treaty formally solidified German and British claims in Africa?

Heligoland Zanzibar Treaty 1890

When did Zanzibar become a protectorate?

1890

Which puppet ruler did Britain install in Zanzibar in 1890?

Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini

When was Hamad bin Thuwaini succeeded by his cousin Khalid as Sultan of Zanzibar under suspicious circumstances?

1896

Which Sultan succeeded Khalid after a British naval blockade disposed him in 1896?

Sultan Hamoud

When did Zanzibar become independent?

1963

Which explorers arrived in Uganda in the 1860s, searching for the source of the Nile?

David Livingstone, Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke

Which missionaries arrived in Uganda after the explorers?

Anglican

When did Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda execute around 30 Christian converts, provoking a civil war?

1886

In 1886, which Kabaka of Buganda executed around 30 Christian converts, provoking a civil war?

Kabaka Mwanga

When was Mwanga reinstated by Britain, signing a treaty with Lord Lugard to cede trade and administrative powers to the IBEAC?

1889

After being reinstated by Britain, who did Kabaka Mwanga sign a treaty with to cede trade and administrative powers to the IBEAC?

Lord Lugard

Where was Mwanga Kabaka?

Buganda

When was the IBEAC chartered?

1888

What did British commercial interests want to protect control of after the IBEAC went bankrupt?

Trade routes of the Nile

When were Buganda and adjoining territories annexed to create the Uganda Protectorate?

1896

When was Mwanga exiled to the Seychelles after two failed attempts to regain his former territories?

1898

When was the Uganda Railway constructed?

1896-1900

What did the Uganda Railway attach the coast at the port of Mombasa (in Kenya) to?

Highlands bordering Lake Victoria

What did the Uganda Railway attach the highlands bordering Lake Victoria to in modern day Kenya?

Mombasa

When did John Hanning Speke document and rename Lake Victoria?

1858

Which ocean did the Uganda railway link Uganda to?

The Indian Ocean

How much did the Uganda Railway cost?

£5 million

How many lives (mainly of indentured Indian and Chinese workers) did the construction of the Uganda Railway take?

25,000

What did the Uganda Railway become known as in Britain?

Lunatic Line

Which politician supported the ‘Lunatic Line’?

Joseph Chamberlain

The Uganda Railway went through the land of which people (in British East Africa)?

Nandi

In 1905, which leader was killed by British Army Captain Richard Meinertzhagen, ending the Nandi resistance?

Koitalel Arap Samoei

In 1905, which British Army captain shot the Nandi leader, Koitalel Arap Samoe?

Richard Meinertzhagen

When did British Army captain Richard Meinertzhagen shoot Nandi resistance leader Koitalel Arap Samoei?

1905

Who led the post-war Ugandan independence movement?

Apollo Milton Obote

When was Apollo Milton Obote elected to the colonial legislature in Uganda?

1957

When was Apollo Milton Obote appointed prime minister of independent Uganda by the British?

1962

What party was Apollo Milton Obote a member of?

Uganda National Congress

When was the Buganda Emergency?

1953-5

Why did Kabaka Mutasa II lead unrest in Buganda from 1953?

British proposals to create an East African Federation

When did the Governor of Uganda, Sir Andrew Cohen, deport Kabaka Mutasa II?

1953

When was Sir Andrew Cohen governor of Uganda?

1952-57

When was Kabaka Mutasa II restored by Sir Andrew Cohen?

1955

When did German East Africa exist?

1885-1918

When was German East Africa formally designated to Britain as Tanganyika by the League of Nations?

1922

When was the failed Tanganyika groundnut scheme?

1946-51

How much did the Tanganyika groundnut scheme cost?

£49 million

When did Tanganyika receive independence?

1961

Where did missionaries settle in modern day Kenya from the 1840s, nominally under the protection of the Sultanate of Zanzibar?

Mombasa to Mount Kilimanjaro

When did the British government first encourage William Mackinnon to form the Imperial British East Africa Company?

1886

Where did William Mackinnon’s shipping company already trade prior to the formation of the chartered IBEAC, with an agreement from the Sultan of Zanzibar?

The Great Lakes Region

Where was Britain’s claim to modern day Kenya recognised?

Berlin Conference 1884-5

When was British East Africa made a protectorate after the failure of the IBEAC?

1895

Why was British East Africa valued?

Connected Uganda to the coast

Crown control of modern day Kenya was established by Britain in 1895 after defeating a German funded rebellion led by who?

Sheikh Mbaruk

Germany supported Khalid and allowed him sanctuary where following his defeat in the Anglo-Zanzibar War 1896?

German East Africa

When was British East Africa renamed Kenya?

1920

When was there an influx of white settlers into Kenya’s Northern Highlands?

After WW1

When did Kenya’s settler population receive self-governance?

1920

Who were barred from the Northern Highlands by Kenya’s white settler population in the 1920s?

Kikuyu and Indians

What did the white Kenyan settlers become rich through the sale of (which non-white people were banned from cultivating)?

Tea and coffee

When did the Colonial Office announce that black rights in Kenya should be respected?

1923

When did the activist Harry Thuku form the East African association, fighting for Kikuyu land recovery?

1921

When did Jomo Kenyatta join the East African Association?

1922

When did Jomo Kenyatta become president of the Kenya Africa Union?

1947

When was there a woman’s revolt against forced labour in Murang’a, Kenya?

1947

When did British Governor Sir Philip Mitchell announce that self governance with majority rule would not be possible in Kenya?

1948

Which governor of Kenya had a ‘paternalistic’ attitude towards Africans, believing them to require ‘civilizing’ by white settlers?

Sir Philip Mitchell

When was Sir Philip Mitchell Governor of Kenya?

1944-1952

When was the Mau Mau uprising?

1952-1960

The Mau Mau emerged from the failures of which organisations to achieve meaningful reform for the Kikuyu?

East African Association and Kenya Africa Union

What were many of the Mau Mau?

WW2 veterans

When was Evelyn Baring governor of Kenya?

1952-1959

Who declared a state of emergency in Kenya in 1952?

Evelyn Baring

During the Mau Mau rebellion, the British used what tactics by recruiting a ‘Home guard’ of loyal Kikuyu?

‘Divide and rule’

What was the official death toll for the Mau Mau rebellion?

12,000

How many people were beaten to death at Hola Camp in 1959 for refusing to do manual labour?

11

Who was jailed during the state of emergency, despite no evidence linking him to the Mau Mau?

Jomo Kenyatta

When was the state of emergency lifted in Kenya, following Harold Macmillan’s ‘wind of change’ speech?

1960

When was Jomo Kenyatta released from prison, beginning negotiations with Britain?

1961

When did Kenya become independent, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister?

1963