Zikism was Nigeria’s equivalent of Kusema na Kutenda, or amongst the KLFA (Mau Mau) Kuuga na gwika. Zikism was a philosophy created by Nnamdi “Zik” Azikiwe. His policy appealed to all including farmers – often the base of any peasant uprising that has seen revolutionary change, globally. Zikists, ...
The process by which Kenyans were killed and intimidated in order to give up land and to stop further uprisings against the British colonialists. They were punitive murder campaigns that also saw livestock stolen from the Africans. In 1894, Fort Hall (Murang’a) was captured under Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen. A ...
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By 1963, 36 African countries had gained independence from one or more colonialist countries, namely Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. Kenya was the only African country to be declared independent in 1963, following a 10 year war period that we know as the State of Emergency. Kenya was the 36th country to gain ...
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“The wind of change is blowing through this [African] continent, and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all accept it as a fact, and our national policies must take account of it.” – Harold MacMillan, British Prime Minister (1960 Speech to South ...
http://youtu.be/MMFdG-Pbny4 Basil Davidson’s books offer an Africanist perspective on Africa. He offers a highly objective perspective on colonialism and African nationalism. This video focuses on what brought about the call for independence on the African continent. It begins with Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah’s ...
#Harambee63 Africa’s Anthem “God Bless Africa” Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrica was composed in 1897 by Xhosa composer, Enoch Mankayi Sontonga at the age of 24. It was a prayer that God will bless Africa, a song that was influenced by the suffering he saw of the Black people in South Africa. It was based on tune, ...
Why the subject? What else? I have been lucky to access the richest archives in the world concerning Kenyan history with respect to the KLFA and the war for independence. These archives are both buildings and minds. For about two and a half years, people across Kenya opened their doors to questions over what exactly ...
#Harambee63 – A Project about African Revolutions and the Price of Independence The project calls into question ideas we hold about our individual roles and capacities in times where bravery and action is required. All so-called revolutionaries are ordinary people but these ordinary people changed the world. By taking ...
