British Empire in Kenya region

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The British Empire in the Kenya region was the colonial authority that established political control, economic exploitation, and settler rule over the territory that later became modern Kenya.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial regime ⓘ
imperial authority ⓘ
affectedEthnicGroup Kamba ⓘ
Kikuyu ⓘ
Luhya ⓘ
Luo ⓘ
Maasai ⓘ
appliesToTerritory East Africa ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
borderedColony Ethiopia ⓘ
German East Africa ⓘ
Italian Somaliland ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tanganyika Territory ⓘ
Uganda Protectorate ⓘ
builtInfrastructure Uganda Railway ⓘ
capital Nairobi ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
createdLandCategory White Highlands ⓘ
declaredStateOfEmergency 1952 ⓘ
encouragedSettlementOf Boer settlers ⓘ
British settlers ⓘ
linked to: British colonists

European settlers ⓘ
endDate 1963 ⓘ
establishedColony Colony and Protectorate of Kenya ⓘ
establishedProtectorate East Africa Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: British East Africa
expropriatedLandFrom Kalenjin communities ⓘ
Kikuyu communities ⓘ
linked to: Kikuyu people

Maasai communities ⓘ
linked to: Maasai
followedBy Dominion of Kenya ⓘ
Republic of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Kenya
governedByOffice Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate ⓘ
Governor of Kenya ⓘ
grantedIndependenceTo Kenya ⓘ
hasColonialEntityName Colony and Protectorate of Kenya ⓘ
East Africa Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: British East Africa
implementedAdministrativeSystem indirect rule ⓘ
importedLaborFrom British India ⓘ
independenceDateOfKenya 1963-12-12 ⓘ
introducedCashCrop coffee ⓘ
sisal ⓘ
tea ⓘ
introducedEducationSystem missionary schools ⓘ
introducedLegalSystem English common law ⓘ
introducedPolicy forced labor regulations ⓘ
hut tax ⓘ
land alienation ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
settler colonialism ⓘ
introducedReligion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
metropole Great Britain ⓘ
participatedInWar World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Sultanate of Zanzibar suzerainty on the coast ⓘ
previousAdministrativeCenter Mombasa ⓘ
signedAgreement Lancaster House constitutional conferences on Kenya ⓘ
startDate 1895 ⓘ
suppressedRebellion Mau Mau uprising ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
suppressedRebellionEndDate 1960 ⓘ
suppressedRebellionStartDate 1952 ⓘ
usedCurrency East African rupee ⓘ
East African shilling ⓘ
pound sterling ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
usedPoliceForce Kenya Police ⓘ
usedSecurityForce King's African Rifles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madaraka Day → associatedWith → British Kenya ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in Kenya region
Florence Kerr Wilson → countryOfActivity → British Kenya ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in Kenya region
East African High Commission → appliesToTerritory → British Kenya ⓘ
subject linked to: EAHC
linked to: British Empire in Kenya region
Mau Mau Uprising → locatedIn → British Kenya ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in Kenya region
Mau Mau Uprising → opponent → British colonial government in Kenya ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in Kenya region
Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples → colonialHistory → British Kenya ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in Kenya region