Explain the factors which hastened the achievements of independence in Kenya after 1945.
Answer:
- The emergence of USA and USSR as super powers which pressurized the colonial powers to decolonize
- The signing of the Atlantic charter between the British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and the American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt called for decolonization of Africa.
- The granting of independence to India, Pakistan and Ghana inspired the Kenyan nationalists to fight for their own independence The labour party in Britain came to power and initiated
constitutional reforms which paved the way for independence e.g. the Lennox Boyd constitution
-The formation of the United Nations Organization which was anti-colonialism and Supported the decolonization of all colonies in the world.
-The return of jomo Kenyatta from Britain in 1946 after the Manchester Pan-African Conference strengthened the nationalist struggle.
- The emergence of the mau mau war which brought world attention to Kenya about the plight of Africans.
- The political parties which were formed after 1945 mobilized the masses against
the colonial government e.g. KANU and KADU.
-The formation of the African Elected member's organization (AEMO) pressurized the British government to hasten the decolonization process.
-Many Africans in Kenya had acquired western education and now understood the political
developments in the world which was anti-colonialism.
-The experiences of the world war veterans and their return inspired other nationalists. They demystified the myth of European superiority.
-The spirit of Pan-Africanism united the Africans for the cause of the independence of African countries. Jomo Kenyatta was an active Pan-Africanist.
- The signing of the Atlantic charter between the British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and the American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt called for decolonization of Africa.
- The granting of independence to India, Pakistan and Ghana inspired the Kenyan nationalists to fight for their own independence The labour party in Britain came to power and initiated
constitutional reforms which paved the way for independence e.g. the Lennox Boyd constitution
-The formation of the United Nations Organization which was anti-colonialism and Supported the decolonization of all colonies in the world.
-The return of jomo Kenyatta from Britain in 1946 after the Manchester Pan-African Conference strengthened the nationalist struggle.
- The emergence of the mau mau war which brought world attention to Kenya about the plight of Africans.
- The political parties which were formed after 1945 mobilized the masses against
the colonial government e.g. KANU and KADU.
-The formation of the African Elected member's organization (AEMO) pressurized the British government to hasten the decolonization process.
-Many Africans in Kenya had acquired western education and now understood the political
developments in the world which was anti-colonialism.
-The experiences of the world war veterans and their return inspired other nationalists. They demystified the myth of European superiority.
-The spirit of Pan-Africanism united the Africans for the cause of the independence of African countries. Jomo Kenyatta was an active Pan-Africanist.
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