Explain five factors that Promoted the rise of African nationalism 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 present 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. 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 Members 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 present 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. 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 Members 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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