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Kenya Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1907–1964 contains papers from the British colonial government in Kenya. The documents in this collection reveal the approach that the British took to colonial rule throughout the country. The government reports contained in this collection cover several important developments and events in twentieth century Kenyan history, including the period that the country was controlled by the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the Mau Mau uprising that began in 1952, and the achievement of Kenyan independence in 1963. The documentation contained in this collection provides students and researchers with unique insights into the history of Kenya, its experience of British colonialism, and its turbulent path to independence.
Malawi Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1907-1967 contains papers from the colonial government in Malawi. They reveal the approach the British took to colonial rule in this country. The reports are divided into nine distinct volumes for convenience. These are Administration, Finance, Judicial and Police, Natural Resources (1), Natural Resources (2), Social Services, Transport and Public Works, Communication and Post Office Savings, and Miscellaneous.
The government reports contained in this collection cover several important developments and events in the twentieth century, including the dissolution of the Central African Protectorate in 1907, the First and Second World Wars, and Malawi’s declaration of independence. The reports, therefore, provide students and academics with a unique insight into the history of Malawi, the development and eventual dissolution of British colonialism in Africa, and the colonial administration’s evolving attitude towards native power structures.
This collection provides a unique opportunity to explore the British administration in Zimbabwe by looking at annual governmental reports. The collection compromises of over 90,000 pages of progress reports written by various government departments in Zimbabwe.
This collection, drawn from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office records, contains a wealth of information on how Zimbabwe was run by the British. The documents within the collection are dated between 1897 and 1980, just before Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain in April 1980. The documents are conveniently divided between 12 volumes, each compromising reports from different government departments at the time.
The collection offers a unique perspective on the British administration in Zimbabwe via official government reports. The documents within this collection would be particularly beneficial to researchers and students who are not only interested in the economic history of a South African country, but also the social history. The documents provide an overview of the evolution of colonial rule from the perspective of colonial administrators.