Effects Of Colonization On The Africana Continent

Effects of colonization on the Africana continent are undisputed. Valuable natural resources were exploited from the countries by the native people for profit in Europe leaving many with minimum means to survive. Lands and families that had torn apart at the hands of the colonists were trying to be rebuilt. Peoples’ culture and traditions, viewed as barbaric and backward by the powerful Europeans, were once again weaving itself into daily lives. Pride was once again among the people. Jomo Kenyatta, known as the Father of the Kenyan Nation, was a man who came from the land he was fighting to reclaim for himself and his people. Land that was simply taken from them, regardless that generations of their family had lived there. Kenyatta†¦show more content†¦He was one of the earliest Kikuyu to leave the confines of his own culture. The Presbyterian missionaries educated him in the Bible, English, math and carpentary. In August 1914 he was baptized with the name Johns tone Kamau. He would later adopt the name Kenyatta from the Kikuyu word for a type of belt he wore, and then the first name Jomo. Around 1922, Jomo Kenyatta left for the urban life of Nairobi and worked as a clerk in the Public Works Department. It was in Nairobi that he became involved in early African protest movements and joined the Kikuyu Central Association (KCA) in 1924. First Pan Kenyan nationalist movement was led by Harry Thuku to protest the white settler dominance in the government. His party, the east African Association, traced it’s roots to the early Kikuyu political groups and was supported by several influential and militant Asians. Thuku was arrested by the colonial authorities in 1922 and was exiled for 7 years. His arrest resulted in the massacre of 23 Africans outside Nairobi’s police station. He was released only after agreeing to cooperate with the colonials, a decision that cost him the leadership of the Kikuyus. This incident united Kenya’s African communities and set the stage for the entry of Jomo Kenyatta, who stepped in and filled the leadership after Thuku . Kenyatta became active in politics in other