GEO 358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mau Mau Uprising, Maasai Mara, Rift Valley Lakes
East Africa
1. Countries
a. Uganda
b. Kenya
c. Rwanda
d. Burundi
e. Tanzania
f. Landscape
i. Plateau
1. 3000-6000 feet
ii. Rift valleys
1. Western branch
2. Eastern branch
iii. Lake Victoria
2. Kenya
a. Equatorial but mild temperature
b. “year round spring”
c. Game parks
i. Masai Mara
1. North of Serengeti Plain of Tanzania
ii. Amboseli
1. Wildlife + views of Kilimanjaro
d. Main tribe: Kikuyu
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e. Uprising against British colonizers, 1950s
i. “Mau Mau Rebellion”
ii. 100 white settlers killed
iii. 10,000 Africans killed
f. Independence early 1960s
g. Cities
i. Nairobi
1. Main airport in east Africa
2. Near national parks
3. Industrial center of east Africa
4. “mile high city” (5500 feet)
5. High crime levels
ii. Mombasa
1. Most important seaport in east Africa
2. Beach tourism
iii. Islamic terrorist attacks
h. Agriculture
i. Tea- main export crop
ii. Southwest Kenya: “white highlands” due to whites owning tea plantations
iii. 5000 white Kenyans
iv. Indian minority
3. Uganda
a. Called “pearl of Africa” during British colonial rule
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