- (a) Describe the organisation of the Indian ocean trade between AD 1000 and 1500.
(b) What were the effects of this trade to the people of east Africa? -
(a) Why did the Luo migrate from the Bahr-el-Ghazal about 1400?
(b) Describe their migration and settlement in East Africa up to 1800. - Describe the organisation of the following societies before 1850.
(a) Nyamwezi,
(b) Maasai. -
(a) Why did the Portuguese come to the East African Coast?
(b) What were the obstacles faced by the Portuguese in East Africa? - (a) Describe the Ngoni migration and settlement in Tanganyika during the mid 19th century.
(b)What were the effects of their migration and settlement to the people of this region? -
Explain the contribution of the following Chartered Companies to the establishment of colonial rule in east Africa.
(a) The Imperial British East African(IBEA)Company.
(b) The Germany East Africa(GEA) Company -
(a) What were the problems faced by Christian missionaries in East Africa?
(b) How did their activities affect the people of East Africa? - (a) What were the causes of the 1895-1905 Nandi resistance against the British?
(b) Why did it take long for the british to defeat the Nandi? -
(a) Explain the causes of the Anglo-German rivalry in east Africa.
(b) What were the steps taken to end this rivalry? - (a) Why was East Africa involved in the World War 2?
(b) What were the effects of this war on East Africa? -
(a) Describe the role played by White settlers in the economic development of Kenya.
(b) how did the activities of the settlers affect the people of Kenya? - (a) Explain the causes of the 1953 kabaka crisis.
(b) What were the effects of the crisis on the people of uganda?
- (a) Explain the factors that led to the growth of the Trans-Saharan trade up to AD 1500.
(b) What were the results of this trade to the people of Western Sudan? -
(a) What factors led to the 2nd Kanem-Bornu Empire?
(b) Why did it decline towards the end of the 18th Century? - (a) Describe the origins of the Dahomey Kingdom.
(b) How was it organised during the 17th Century? -
(a) Describe the steps that were taken abolish the Trans-African trade.
(b) How did the abolition of this trade affect the people of West Africa? - (a) Explain the contribution of the Creoles to the history of West Africa.
(b) What problems did the Creoles face during the second half of the 19th Century? -
Explain the importance of following in the spread of Islam in West Africa.
(a) Uthman dan Fodio,
(b) Mohammad Bello. - (a) Why was Samori Toure able to resist the French for long?
(b) What factors led to his defeat in 1989? - Explain the role played by the following parties in the struggle for independence in their countries:
(a) The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC).
(b) The Ressemblement Decomcratique African (RDA)
- (a) Descibe the migration and settlement of the Sotho-Tswana people in South Africa.
(b) What were the consquences of their migration and settlement? -
(a) Explain the causes of the 1861-79 Pedi resistance.
(b) What were the results of this resistance? -
(a) What factors led to the growth of the Swazi nation during the 19th Century?
(b) How was King Sobhuza able to maintain the independence of the Swazi nation? - (a) Why did christian missionaries come to South Africa during the 19th Century?
(b) How did their activities affect the people of South Africa? -
(a) What were the tems of the Union Act of 1910?
(b) How did the Union Act affect the people of South Africa? - (a) Explain the causes of the 1906 Bambata rebellion.
(b) What were the results of this rebellion? -
(a) Explain the importance of King Moshesh in the history of Basutoland.
(b) Why did he request for British protection in 1868? - (a) Describe the activities of the African National Congress(ANC) between 1912 and 1963.
(b) What problems did it face during this period?