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The Swahili Coast’s Bloody Rivalries ——— In the 19th century, Oman ruled the EA coast. When the sultan of Oman died in 1804, Muscat was once again thrown into one of its frequen...
#HistoryKeThrread: The Luo Of 1909 In The Eyes Of Visiting Americans ——— American Peter Macqueen recorded his travels to Nyanza in his book, “In wildest Africa, the record of hunti...
#HistoryKeThread: Titbits On Pokomo ———- Did you know that the tune of Kenya’s national anthem was based on a traditional Pokomo lullaby? Well, let’s wake up to a few historical...
#HistoryKeThread: James Bond in Kenya - 1901. https://t.co/xrlfuMbrV9
#HistoryKeThread: World War 1 Action In Kenya ---- Many people believe that WW1 action in Kenya was primarily focused around Taveta. https://t.co/3Zp3Wt7Fe0
#HistoryKeThread: Sultan Fumo Bakari and The Witu Resistance ——- In 1890 a group of Germans set up camp near Witu, Lamu, and started chopping down the forests that surrounded the...
#HistoryKeThread: Waruhiu’s Last Bow ________ From September 1952, colonial chief of the Agikuyu in Kiambu, Waruhiu Kung’u - seen here addressing his last public rally at Kirigi...
#MyGreatNairobi Short Stories https://t.co/1OG7ZTOTK0
#HistoryKeThread: Mijikenda Sumbua About 120 years ago, our Mijikenda brothers were quite unpopular as porters. https://t.co/8FUmWKreNS
#HistoryKEThread: Livestock Compensation Beef ———————— In the 1940s, the colonial regime in Kenya imposed cattle supply quotas to districts around the country. This was intended t...
#HistoryKeThread: Glimpses Of The Northern Agîkûyû —— British-Canadian William Scoresby Routledge visited East Africa in 1902 and spent about a year living among the Agîkûyû. htt...
Thread: Someone shared this screenshot with us. But the info on this tweet isn’t entirely true so we will thread our perspective, which we know is the correct one, and which can be...