HISTORY OF AFRICA

Dutch colonisation See also:   History of Cape Colony   and   Dutch Cape Colony Charles Davidson Bell 's 19th-century painting of   Jan van Riebeeck , who founded the first European settlement in South Africa, arrives in   Table Bay   in 1652. By the early 17th century, Portugal's maritime power was starting to decline, and English and Dutch merchants competed to oust Lisbon from its lucrative monopoly on the spice trade. [31]   Representatives of the   British East India Company   did call sporadically at the Cape in search of provisions as early as 1601, but later came to favour   Ascension Island   and   St. Helena   as alternative ports of refuge. [32]   Dutch interest was aroused after 1647, when two employees of the   Dutch East India Company   ( VOC ) were shipwrecked there for several months. The sailors were able to survive by obtaining fresh water and meat from the natives. [32]   They also sowed vegetables in the fertile soil. [33]   Upon their return to H

                                           Mau Mau Uprising From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the conflict in Kenya. For other uses, see   Mau Mau (disambiguation) . Mau Mau Uprising Part of the   decolonisation of Africa Mau Mau Uprising From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the conflict in Kenya. For other uses, see   Mau Mau (disambiguation) . Mau Mau Uprising Part of the   decolonisation of Africa Troops of the   King's African Rifles   on watch for Mau Mau rebels. Date 1952–1960 Location British Kenya Result British victory Belligerents Mau Mau rebels [A]   British Empire   Kenya Commanders and leaders Dedan Kimathi Musa Mwariama Waruhiu Itote Stanley Mathenge   Evelyn Baring   George Erskine   Kenneth O'Connor   Idi Amin Dada Strength Unknown 10,000 regular troops 21,000 police 25,000   Kikuyu Home Guard   [1] [2] Casualties and losses Killed : 12,000 officially; perhaps 20,000+

HAPPY new year to all our readers. In order to capture the current Christmas and new year festive mood , I have chosen to write about one interesting, but little known, aspect of our national history, which is directly related to what happened at the time of a similar festive season in the year of Tanganyika’s independence, 1961.    It may look like gossip, but it is part of history. This is the story of how the 1961 Christmas and new year holidays for the British Royal family became the sole reason for changing a major political decision which had been made in a matter of great political importance, resulting from serious political negotiations at the highest political levels . The relevant matter was no other than the date of Tanganyika’s independence. The determination of the date for Tanganyika’s independence was a matter of great political importance to Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and his Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party. The standard British

HI TANZANIAN . PEACE UP ON YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR.AND GOD WILLBLESS YOU.

Establishment Of Colonial Economy Colonial economy refers to the system of production and consumption which were introduced in the colonies by the colonialists in order to fulfill their economic demands such as raw materials, markets, area for investment and areas for settlement. It included Agricultural, mining, communication, and transportation of Commerce and Trade. The purpose of establishing colonial economy was to ensure a constant supply of raw materials, cheap labor, market, area for investment, and area for settlement. During the colonial economy period, African economy was transformed and made inferior. OBJECTIVES OF COLONIAL ECONOMY Colonies were expected to provide raw materials, both agricultural products and minerals to the factories of the European countries. Examples of agricultural products were cotton, coffee, sisal, pyrethrum, tea, cocoa, and palm oil. Colonies were expected to import manufactured goods like clothes, sh

  Commerce and Christianity: 1841-1857 In 1857 the most famous explorer of the day addresses an audience of young men in Cambridge's Senate House. He urges upon them an idealistic mission worthy of their attention in Africa. He is about to return there, he tells them, in the hope of opening a path into the continent 'for commerce and Christianity'. He needs young enthusiasts to continue this work. The speaker is David Livingstone, aptly described by a commentator of the time as an 'indefatigable pedestrian'. Livingstone's first involvement with Africa has been purely as a missionary, sent out to South Africa in 1841 by the London Missionary Society. But he soon becomes interested in other tasks far beyond the responsibilities placed on him by the society.