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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 some of the following books:
*{{FSC|719271|item|disp=''Britain and Kenya, 1870-1930 : the economics of colonialism''}}
*{{FSC|127245|item|disp=''Kenya : from chartered company to crown colony, thirty years of exploration and administration in British East Africa''}} by C.W. Hobley
*{{FSC|55563|item|disp=''The making of mission communities in East Africa : Anglicans and Africans in colonial Kenya, 1875-1935''}} by Robert W. Strayer
*{{FSC|59571|item|disp=''Origins of European settlement in Kenya''}} by M.P.K. Sorrenson.
*{{FSC|59611|item|disp=''Politics of decolonization : Kenya Europeans and the land issue, 1960-1965''}} by Gary Wasserman


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| [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?country=kenya~africa&datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptismsBritish Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Kenya] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
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| 1821-2005
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| Births and baptisms
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| Children born to those working within the armed forces, merchant navy, and consular forces, as well as, civilian ship passengers.
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| [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?country=kenya~africa&datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20banns%20and%20marriages British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Kenya] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
| 1849-1996
| Banns and marriages
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| British armed forces members and civilians who were married abroad and at sea
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| [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?country=kenya~africa&datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20deaths%20and%20burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Kenya] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
| 1849-2005
| Deaths and burials
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| Members of the British armed forces who died while serving their country overseas, British civilians who died while traveling or working overseas, and individuals (including seaman) who died at sea.
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| [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+civil+service+evidence+of+age&country=kenya British Civil Service Evidence Of Age] at Findmypast - index ($)
| 1827-1930
| Civil Service applications and paperwork
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| Individuals who worked for, or applied to join, the British Civil Service.
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| 1920-?
| Telephone directory
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| Residents of Nairobi, Mombasa, and other towns in Kenya
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| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ukforeignvitals/?count=50&keyword=Kenya UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, Kenya] at Ancestry - index ($)
| 1905-1923
| Birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial records
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| Records in this collection come from a variety sources. Events include both British and non-British nationals
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| [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Kenya%20Gazette Kenya Gazette at Archive.org]
| 20th Century
| Colonial Newspapers
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| These newspapers sometimes detail probate and land information of those living in the Kenya Colony.
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| 20th Century
| Colonial Newspapers
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| These newspapers sometimes detail probate and land information of those living in the Kenya Colony.
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German Protectorate (1885-1888)[edit | edit source]

The colonization of Kenya began with Germany instituting a protectorate over the Sultan of Zanzibar's coastal possessions in 1885. When the Imperial British East Africa Company arrived in 1888, war was prevented when Germany ceded its coastal holdings to Britain in 1890. [1]

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British Colonization (1888-1963)[edit | edit source]

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. [2]


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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Kenya," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya#British_Kenya_(1888%E2%80%931962), accessed 22 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Kenya," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya#British_Kenya_(1888%E2%80%931962), accessed 22 July 2019.
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