African History: Ko Kenya Yakagamuchira Zita Rake Sei?

Kune mamwe mazwi anotakura nawo mafungiro akasimba emagariro - mazwi anokwanisa kuveza mufananidzo nemashizha mashoma. Zita rokuti "Kenya" ndiro rimwe shoko rakadaro, pakarepo kutakura avo vanorinzwa kumapani akaoma eMaasai Mara , uko shumba inotonga uye vanhu vanogara munyika. Muchikamu chino, tinotarisisa mhedzisiro yezita iri reEast Africa runyori.

Nhoroondo Yfupi

Kenya haisati yave ichinzi yakadaro - chaizvoizvo, zita racho risati riri idzva. Zvakaoma kutanga izvo nyika yakadanirwa vasati vauya veEuropean colonialists muma1900 kusvika kumazana ekutanga kwezana remakore rechi20, nokuti yeKenya sezvatinoziva nhasi haisipo. Panzvimbo yenyika yakasarudzwa, nyika yacho yaingova chikamu chenzvimbo yakakura inonzi East Africa.

Mamwe madzinza uye vaArabic vekare, vaPutukezi uye vaOgani vanogara vangave vaine mazita avo kune dzimwe nzvimbo muEast Africa, uye nokuda kweguta iro ravakagadzika parutivi rwegungwa. Munguva dzeRoma, inofungidzirwa kuti nzvimbo yakabva kuKenya kuenda kuTanzania yaizivikanwa nezita rimwe chete, Azania. Muganhu weKenya wakangosimbiswa muna 1895 apo Britain yakamisa East Africa Protectorate.

Kutanga kwe "Kenya"

Mumakumi emakore mashomanana anotevera, British protorate yakawedzera kusvika yakagadziriswa korona koloni muna 1920.

Panguva ino, nyika yacho yakashandurwa zvakare muKenya Colony mukukudza kweGomo reKenya , gomo rechipiri rakareba muAfrica uye imwe yenyika inonyanya kuzivikanwa. Kuti tinzwisise kuti zita renyika rakabva kupi, naizvozvo zvinokosha kuti tinzwisise kuti gomo racho rakave rakanyora sei.

Kune maonero akawanda anopesana pamusoro pekuti zita reGomo reKenya rakaitwa sei. Vamwe vanofunga kuti zita regomo iri rakabva kune mamishinari ekutanga, Johann Ludwig Krapf naJohnnes Rebmann, avo vakapinda mukati mekunze kwenyika muna 1846. Pavakaona gomo, mamishinari akabvunza mazano avo aAkamba nokuda kwezita racho, uye ivo vakapindura "kiima kya kenia ". MuAkamba, shoko rokuti "kenia" rinoshandura sekudzikisa kana kupenya.

Gomo iri rainzi "gomo rinopenya" neAkamba nekuda kwekuti inogara ichinyorwa nechando pasinei nemamiriro ekunze anotonhora emakomo eKenya. Nhasi, gomo racho richiri rine 11 glaciers, kunyange zvazvo irikurumidza kudzoka nemhaka yekudziya kwepasi. Izwi rechimiro rokuti "kirimira" rinoshandura se "gomo rine maitiro akachena", uye vakawanda vanodavira kuti zita rekuti "Kenya" rinonyatsotaurirwa rimwe remashoko aya emunharaunda.

Vamwe vanoomesa kuti zita rokuti "Kenya" rinoparadzanisa Kĩrĩ Nyaga, kana Kirinyaga, zita rakapiwa kugomo nevanhu vekuMikuyu. MuChikuyu, izwi rokuti Kirinyaga rinoshandura se "nzvimbo yaMwari yokuzorora", zita rakafuridzirwa nekutenda kuti gomo ndiro chigaro chekuMwari chekuMukuyu chepasi.

Pasina kusimba mumweya, shoko rinogonawo kushandurwa se "nzvimbo ine mhou" - kureva kune gomo revanhu vanogara.

Kenyan Independence

Muna December 1963, Kenya yakawana rusununguko kubva kutongi hweBritain mushure mekutambudzika kwekuvandudza nekupandukira. Rudzi urwu rutsva rwakagadziriswa uye rwakafananidzirwa seRepublic of Kenya muna 1964, pasi pehukuru hwehutungamiri hwekuva rusununguko rune simba Jomo Kenyatta. Kufananidza pakati pezita idzva remunyika uye zita rezita remuongorori wavo wekutanga hakusi mungozi. Kenyatta, uyo akaberekwa Kamau Wa Ngengi, akachinja zita rake muna 1922.

Zita rake rokutanga, Jomo, rinoshandura kubva kuChikuyu che "kupisa pfumo", asi zita rake rekupedzisira rinoreva bhanhire rakagara rakagadzirwa nevanhu vaMaasai vanonzi "chiedza cheKenya". Mugore rimwe chete, Kenyatta akabatana neEast African Association, mhirizhonga wakakumbira kudzoka kweMikuyu nyika yakabatanidzwa nevatongi vachena panguva yekutonga kweBritish.

Zita raKenyatta rinoshanduka, saka, rakabatana nekutangwa kwebasa rake rezvematongerwo enyika, iro rimwe zuva raizomuona achifananidzwa nekusununguka kweKenya.