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The Nandi resistance

History and Citizenship · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes

Study the long Nandi resistance to the Uganda Railway and colonial rule.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Kenyans and the coming of colonialism
  2. Factors that influenced the responses
  3. The Nandi resistance
  4. The Giriama resistance and Mekatilili wa Menza
  5. The Bukusu resistance and Wanga collaboration
  6. Why some communities collaborated
  7. Mixed reactions to colonialism
  8. The role of women in the resistance
  9. Merits and demerits of each response
  10. The Mau Mau uprising
  11. The road to independence
  12. The merits of the end of colonialism
  13. How the responses shaped post-independence Kenya