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Kenya became a free country in 1963. In 1964, Kenya became a republic and was renamed the Republic of Kenya. The official languages are English and Swahili. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kenya," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya#British_Kenya_(1888%E2%80%931962), accessed 22 July 2019.</ref> | Kenya became a free country in 1963. In 1964, Kenya became a republic and was renamed the Republic of Kenya. The official languages are English and Swahili. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kenya," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya#British_Kenya_(1888%E2%80%931962), accessed 22 July 2019.</ref> | ||
To learn about colonial Kenya, you may want to read [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/55563?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The making of mission communities in East Africa : Anglicans and Africans in colonial Kenya, 1875-1935''] | To learn about colonial Kenya, you may want to read one of the following: | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/127245?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Kenya : from chartered company to crown colony, thirty years of exploration and administration in British East Africa''] by C.W. Hobley | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/55563?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The making of mission communities in East Africa : Anglicans and Africans in colonial Kenya, 1875-1935''] by Robert W. Strayer | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/59571?availability=HSB%20(Headquarters%20Storage%20Building) ''Origins of European settlement in Kenya''] by M.P.K. Sorrenson. | |||
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