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Title:Colonial Chiefs and African Development in Kenya with Special Reference to Secular Education
Author:Bogonko, Sorobea N.
Year:1985
Periodical:Transafrican Journal of History
Volume:14
Pages:1-20
Language:English
Geographic term:Kenya
Subjects:indirect rule
traditional rulers
education
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
colonialism
History and Exploration
Development and Technology
Religion and Witchcraft
Education and Oral Traditions
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/24328515
Abstract:Critical review of the literature on the role of the African chiefs in colonial East Africa. The author argues that the writers reviewed wrongly look at chiefs as representatives who failed to deliver the goods to their people. He shows that chiefs were appointed, first and foremost, to promote colonialism. The office and duties of the colonial chief are discussed, as well as the reasons why chiefs were promoted, demoted or dismissed. The role of colonial African chiefs in the campaigns for and promotion of secular education in Kenya is then examined as an instance of what has not been dealt with in the literature, Notes.
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