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Tanzania Uganda
First posted on July 2nd 2002, last revised on February 6th 2009







Kenya independent, since 1963

Kenya 1939-1963
Kenya 1918-1939
Kenya 1886-1918

Kenya 1815-1886
Kenya before 1815


Historical Atlas, Kenya Page .. British East Africa Page

Students' Paper : Sung Ji Yun, History of Nutrition in East Africa (2012)









WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from CIA World Factbook; BBC Country Profiles; World Desk Reference; Index Mundi, Nations Encyclopedia
Article : Kenya, from Wikipedia
Country Profile : Kenya, from ISS; from IRIN (UN)
Links, General from from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford; from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL
Category : Kenya, from Wikipedia
Links, on History Category : History of Kenya, from Wikipedia
Timelines from timelines.ws; from BBC News, by Jacob Crawfurd
Accounts of History from Wikipedia; from Maps of the World
Politics Politics of Kenya, from Wikipedia; Political Resources on the Net : Kenya
Governments on the WWW : Kenya
Kenya Profile, from International Crisis Group
Military Wars of Kenya, 1800-1999, from ACED
Kenya 1952-1960, from Britain's Small Wars
Orders, Decorations and Medals from Kenya, posted by Jean Paul le Blanc, from ODM
Article Kenya Regiment, List of World War II Prisoner of War Camps in Kenya, from Wikipedia
Economy & Finances Entry Kenya, from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor; Currency Boards and Dollarization by Kurt Schuler; click for Kenya
Article Economy of Kenya, from Wikipedia; Economy of Kenya, from Maps of the World
Category : Economy of Kenya, from Wikipedia
National Labour Law Profile : Kenya, from ILO
EAC in Brief, from EACHQ
Article Nairobi Stock Exchange, from Wikipedia
Global Integrity : Kenya 2004, Kenya 2006, Kenya 2007
Pages from World Bank History : East African Mediation (1977)
History of National Bank of Kenya; of KCB Kenya, of Barclays Bank of Kenya
Ethnography Category Languages of Kenya, from Wikipedia
Languages of Kenya (61), from Ethnologue
Country Report : Kenya, from U.S. Committee for Refugees
Migration Information Source : Kenya
Kenya : Kalenjin, Kikuyu, Kisii, Luhya, Luo, Maasai, Somalis, from Minorities at Risk
Art and Life in Africa : Kenya
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Kenya
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Kenya, from Kirken i Norge
Category : Religion in Kenya, from Wikipedia
Kenya, from Jewish Virtual History Tour; Kenya, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
History of Regions Category : Provinces of Kenya, Subdivisions of Kenya, from Wikipedia
Article Provinces of Kenya, from Wikipedia
Provinces of Kenya, from www.statoids.com
Districts of Kenya, from www.statoids.com
History of Cities List of Cities in Kenya, from Wikipedia
History of Nairobi, of Malindi, Mombasa, Lamu, from Wikipedia
Institutions Kenya, from Airline History
Article Rail Transport in Kenya, from Wikipedia
List of Universities and Colleges in Kenya, University of Nairobi, from Wikipedia
Structurae : Kenya, search Lighthouse Explorer for Kenya
Biographies List of Kenyans, from Wikipedia
African Women Bibliographic Database
Bibliographies Kenya, from The Online Books Page
RHS Bibliography, search for Kenya, British East Africa; Search UK National Archive Online Library for Kenya
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Kenia, Kenya (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970)
Kenya Bibliography, from NNDB
Kenya-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna
Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on Sub-Saharan Africa
Others Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF
Disaster History by Country : Kenya, from Relief Web
Kenya, from Crime and Society, A Comparative Crimonology Tour of the World (R. Winslow)
Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Kenya
Article Kenya at the Olympics, from Wikipedia

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), from Rulers (B. Schemmel), from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated)
Regnal Chronologies : Eastern Africa, scroll down for Mombasa
List of Ambassadors U.S. Ambassadors to Kenya, from NNDB: Chinese Ambassadors to Kenya, from PRC MOFA; Liste der Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Nairobi (Kenya), from Wikipedia German edition; Embajadores de Mexico en Kenia, from Acervo Historico Diplomatico
Statistical Data Responsible Institution Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Population Figures from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer)
Election Results from Psephos, since 1997; from IFES Election Guide, since 2002; from African Elections Database, since 1961
Online Newspapers Newspapers and News Media : Kenya, from ABYZ; from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers (links)
Image Databanks Systematic Collections
General
Systematic Collections
Specialist
Accidental Collections
Universal Collections
Items on Kenya
License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates around the World
Airline Timetable Images : Kenya
Document Surveys British Library, Kenya Official Publications
Document Collections History of Kenya, from World History Archives
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Kenya, from ILO, 49 docs. since 1964
Information by Country : Kenya, from U.S. Committee for Refugees, 7 Reports 1999-2001
Kenya, from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
The Constitution of Kenya, 1992, posted by R.C. Bowen
Search Hansard for Kenya
Historical Maps responsible institutions Survey of Kenya, National Mapping Agencies of Africa
collections : Africa Historical Maps of Africa, University of Alabama
collections : Kenya see Historical Atlas of Kenya, at this site
Kenya Maps, from
Maps of the World
Kenya Maps, PCL, UTexas
Category : Old Maps of Kenya, Maps of the History of Kenya, from Wikimedia Commons
David Rumsey Map Collection : Kenya
Africa, Modern Africa 1905, 1912, 1938, 1959, 1967, 1993, J. de Salas Vara del Rey
Africa, Contemporary Historical Map of Africa 1885, Nations Online Project
Africa 1885, PCL, UTexas
Africa 1909, World Maps Online
Africa 1910, Emerson Kent
Africa 1913, Zonu
Kenya, Modern Linguistic Map of Central and East Africa, Muturzukin
Linguistic map of Kenya, from Ethnologue
East Africa 1897, britishempire.co.uk
Unimaps, Kenya 1886
G. Grekin, Kenya 1901
Kenya, Contemporary R. de Lannoy de Bissy, Carte de l'Afrique ŕ l'échelle de 1:2 000 000 36. Lado 1889, 36. Lado 1892, 37. Barderah 1886, 37. Barderah 1888, 37. Barderah 1898, 41. Tabora 1885, 41. Tabora 1892, 42. Zanzibar 1885, 42. Zanzibar 1892, Gallica
Africa 1:2.000.000, U.S. Army Map Service, sheet 20 Adis Abeba (1978), sheet 24 Nairobi (1968), sheet 28 Dar es Salaam (1969), PCL, UTexas
British East Africa 1911, History Today
Kenya 1922, 1932, Probert Encyclopedia
detail, hindsight/modern
detail, contemporary Central Kenya 1925, from britishempire.co.uk
Encyclopedia Entries Articles British East Africa, Nairobi, Mombasa, from EB 1911
Article Britisch-Ostafrika, Mombas, Witugebiet, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
British East Africa pp.320-322 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB
Archives, Musea, Libraries Kenya National Archives, from UNESCO Archives Portal
Academic and Research Libraries - Africa, from UNESCO Libraries Portal
Libraries in Kenya, from LibDex
Category : Museums in Kenya, from Wikipedia
Museums in Kenya, from International Council of African Museums
National Symbols Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry
National Anthem, posted by R.C. Bowen
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of Kenya, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Coin Catalog of British East Africa, Coin Catalog of Kenya, from Numismaticon; Kenyan coins from Collections of Coins, bilingual Russian and English page; from World Coin Gallery
Coin Imperial British East Africa Co., from Coin Pictures
East Africa & Uganda, from Encyclopedia of Small Silver Coins
Stamps Rare East Africa and Uganda Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery, East Africa and Uganda Stamps 1890-1912, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies general Search ISBN Database
RHS Bibliography
UK National Archive Online Library
on Kenya survey of bibliographies
bibliographic database AfricaBib : Africana Periodical Literature, African Women, Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa
African Borderlands Research Network : Bibliography
general bibliographies pp.219-276 in B.A. Ogot, Historical Dictionary of Kenya, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1981 [G]
annual bibliographies
specialist bibliographies Postcolonial Web, The History of Colonial Kenya : a Selected Bibliography
ASC Publications, Kenya Coast Bibliography
ARRSE, Crime and Punishment in Colonial Kenya : Bibliography
serial publications
general bibliographies
Kenya entries
J. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie : catalogue methodique de tous les ouvrages français et des principaux en langues etrangeres traitant de la geographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres et des arts de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie 1875, in French, Gallica
Roots Institute, Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African History (English Language)
Kenya-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna
booksellers
Online Libraries general Google Books; Internet Archives; Gutenberg Library Online; HathiTrust; Gallica
International Boundary Studies
on Kenya Aluka, African Online Digital Library (AODL), African Digital Library (ADL)
General Histories Foreign Area Studies (FAS), American University, Area Handbook for Kenya, 2nd ed., Washington : USGPO 1976 [G]
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.17, pp.795-803 Article Eastern Africa : Kenya. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.17
Special Topics Colin Wills, Who killed Kenya ?, London : Dennis Dobson 1953 [G]
Kenya and Uganda, in : Lilian Charlotte, Economic History of Asia and Africa, New Delhi (c. 1926) reprint 1998, pp.499-508 [G]
Hans Meyer, Die Eisenbahnen im Tropischen Afrika (The Railroads in Tropical Africa), Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot 1902, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Ugandabahn, pp.140-152
N.K. Strange, Kenya Dawn (1920), posted on Internet Archive
I. Henderson, P. Goodhart, Man Hunt in Kenya (1958), posted on Internet Archive
B.F.G. Cranworth, A colony in the making : or, Sport and profit in British East Africa (1912), posted on Internet Archive
J.W. Gregory, The foundation of British East Africa (1901), posted on Internet Archive
Ch.A. Hindlip, Ch. Eliot, British East Africa: Past, Present, and Future (1905), posted on Internet Archive
J.B. Purvia, Handbook to British East Africa and Uganda (1900), posted on Internet Archive
J.R.L. MacDonald, Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894 (1897), posted on Internet Archive
H. Brode, British and German East Africa, their economic & commercial relations (1911), posted on Internet Archive
P.L. McDermott, British East Africa; or, IBEA : A History of the Formation and Work of the Imperial British East .. (1893), posted on Internet Archive
E.L. Bentley, F.D. Lugard, British East Africa and Uganda: A Historical Record Compiled from Captain Lugard's and Other .. (1892), posted on Internet Archive
South Africa, Department of Mines and Industries, Report on trade conditions in British East Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar (1919), posted on Internet Archive
A.G. Anderson, Our newest colony : being an account of British East Africa and its possibilities as a new land for settlement .. (1910), posted on Internet Archive
Convention between the United Kingdom and France respecting commercial relations between France and the British Protectorates of East Africa, Central Africa, and Uganda (1905), posted on Internet Archive
T.J. O'Shea, Farming & planting in British East Africa. A description of the leading agricultural centres and an account of agricultural conditions and prospects (1917), posted on Internet Archive
D. Mills, The English in Africa (1900), posted on Internet Archive, chapters V, VI : British East Africa, pp.106-158
Historical Dictionaries Bethwell A. Ogit, Historical Dictionary of Kenya, Metuchen N.J. : Scarecrow 1981 [G]