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Colonial writings on Africans
So I just finished reading an excerpt by Joseph Thompson on his journey and exploration from the coast to lake Victoria titled 'Through the Masai Country to Victoria Nyanza'. Its very insightful and you'll be amazed the nes of places before modern day Kenya. Now am intrigued and I want more of such writings, any recommendations would suffice. For Kenya especially
Edit 1 The idea is to learn about the geography of Kenya, who occupied where how they received foreigners, though through the white mans eyes. The names of places and how those came to be. The African responses to them are even a better additional to this
u/I_Scrapy — 7 days ago