4. Kenya
Colonial History
*The roots of the colonial history of Kenya go back to the Berlin Conference in 1885,
when East Africa was first divided into territories of influence by the European powers.
The British Government founded the East African Protectorate in 1895 and soon after,
opened the fertile highlands to white settlers. Even before it was officially declared a
British colony in 1920.
Independence
*Became independent in 1963
*First president: Jomo Kenyatta
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Religion
The vast majority of Kenyans are Christian (83%), with
47.7% regarding themselves as protestant and 23.5%
as Roman Catholic of the Latin Rite.
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Traditional food
In western Kenya, among the Luhya, Luo and
Kalenjin, lye is a common ingredient in most
traditional foods and mursik is a traditional milk drink
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The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group of seminomadic people inhabiting Kenya and northern
Tanzania
Maasai warriors jumping
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Kenya is active in several sports, among them cricket,
rallying, football, rugby union and boxing. But the
country is known chiefly for its dominance in Middledistance and long-distance athletics.