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2006 HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        Slave trade was useful for early capital accumulation but it was too rigid for industrial development of western world from the end of the first half of the 19 th century.Explain 2.        Examine thoroughly the cardinal factors that determined the division of the African continent among  imperialist powers in the second half of the 19 th century. 3.        Trace how the development of monopoly capitalism in Europe was related to the colonization of Africa. 4.        Discuss the assertion that colonial activities first centered around those parts of Africa which had poor involvement in intercontinental exchange. 5.        Show, using examples, the changing roles of the colonial bureaucracy in Africa up to 1960. 6.        Show precisely why and how Kenya became the hub of Eas...

2007 HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        The emergence and consolidation of African states was to a large extent due to internal dynamics of the African societies rather than external influences. Discuss. 2.        With vivid examples, account for the rise and expansion of large scale socio-political organizations in pre-colonial African societies. 3.        Among the prominent agents of colonialism in Africa were chartered companies. Discuss their immense role in the establishment of colonial rule in Africa. 4.        What were the motives behind Africa collaboration with the imperialists during and after the imposition of colonial rule in Africa? 5.        By using concrete examples from any of the East Africa territory, show how the pattern of physical and social infrastructure were largely determined by the system of the colonial economy 6. ...

2004-HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        “Long distance trade was an indispensable factor underlying political and economic development in East and Central Africa up to the 19 th century.”Discuss this claim with the most relevant examples. 2.        Prior to the imposition and establishment of colonial rule, the African continent was dynamic and ever changing. Justify this argument with concrete examples. 3.        Thought useful and relevant, pre-colonial education had a considerable number of shortcomings. Discuss. 4.        Review analytically the forces that determined the nature of African reaction to the imposition of European colonialism. 5.        Why did colonial powers hesitate to encourage settler or plantation agriculture in West Africa? 6.        Examine by giving plausible arguments, the motives for force...

2005-HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        How did the Neolithic Revolution effect the pre-colonial African societies? 2.        Examine critical the features of pre-colonial education and its rule in enhancing  African culture aspects. 3.        “The imperialist scramble for Africa in the second half of the 19 th Century was an inevitable outcome of capitalist development in Europe .”Substantiate. 4.        Discuss the different forms and motives of African reactions to colonial occupation. 5.        Explore the social-economic impact of the 1929-1933 capitalist crisis  on Africa. 6.        Analyze the strategies used by the colonial states to promote trade and commerce in Africa colonies before 1945. 7.        Discuss the agricultural policies and strategies undertaken to improve...

2002-HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        According to Eurocentric historians African societies had no history of its own, political organization and technological advancement of her own .According to them, modes of production never existed until colonialism  came to formalize everything in the second half of the 19 th century.Discuss this contention with concrete examples. 2.        Discuss how basic political organizations in the pre-colonial social organizations in Africa were related to the environment where they evolved. 3.        How did the achievement of the Birlin Conference effect the African social, political and economic systems? 4.        The establishment of colonial political and economic control was a peaceful process all over the African continent. Discuss 5.        With concrete examples, analyze the role played by the colonial...

2001-HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        With special reference to East Africa, discuss the impact of pre-colonial long distance trade. 2.        Comment on the notion that slavery as a mode of production never existed in pre-colonial Africa societies. 3.        Examine the technique used by European power to establish their rule in Africa. 4.        Examine the position and role of Germany in the colonization of the African content during the last quarter of the 19 th century. 5.        “Settler domination in Kenya was highly sustained and perpetuated by the colonial bureaucracy”. Justify this statement. 6.        Thoroughly examine the impact of colonial economy on African societies. 7.        Substantiate the contention that” Colonialism and imperialism are two  sides of the same co...

2008-HISTORY   PAPER  1           1.        There was a considerable development of agriculture and industry in Africa by the 16 th century. How did this development promote trade in pre- colonial Africa? 2.        Mfecane was a war waged by bloodthirsty kaffirs and motiveless. Argue for or against this statement. 3.        African resisted the imposition of colonial rule with different reasons. Justify this statement. 4.        By using concrete examples, account for African rules’ collaboration with the European powers during the imposition of colonialism. 5.        Land a labour  force were the determinant element in the development of colonial economy. Support this statement  by using  examples from E.Africa. 6.        The...

2009-HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        Pre-colonial Africa was dominated by stateless, barbaric and stagnant societies”. Examine the validity of this statement. 2.        It was the question of inhuman nature of the Atlantic  slave trade that led to its inevitable abolition. Assess this assertion. 3.        What impact did Africa experience as a result of coming into contact with both Asia and Europe up to 1850? 4.        Why was settler production not preferred  in Africa during  colonialism? 5.        How did the establishment of colonial economy in Africa unveil the essence of imperialistic tendencies? 6.        Account for the failure of the imperial chartered companies to administer their spheres of influence and colonies in Africa. 7.        Despite the determined Afr...

2010-HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        “Had it not been for the good and capacity leadership of the Kabaka, the Buganda kingdom would never have existed”. Discuss. 2.         Explain the impact of legitimate trade in Africa. 3.        Discuss the factors underlying the delay of imperialist penetration to the interior of tropical Africa before the 19 th century. 4.        Missionaries played both positive and negative roles in the colonial Africa. Justify. 5.        Highlight the term of Buganda Agreement of 1900 and show how they consolidated British domination in Uganda. 6.        Examine the role played by the colonial superstructure in the imposition of capitalist relations of production in Africa. 7.        Describe the major reasons which eventually made Germany to be involve in...

1.        Though the characteristics of the feudal mode of production were the same, their approaches however were different. Identify six(6) different between the feudal modes of production practiced in Buganda with the one that evolved along the Coast of East Africa. 2.        Examine the main characteristics of pre-colonial education, its pitfalls and roles to the development of African societies. 3.        “The motive behind the coming of missionaries, traders and explorers was scientific curiosity  rather  than capitalist interest”. Discuss this statement with reference to the activities of these agents in East Central and West Africa. 4.        Account of technological backwardness in the agriculture sector during the colonial period. 5.        Analyze the purpose and importance of Direct and Indirect rule in colonial Afric...

SECTION A 1.        Examine four usefulness and four weaknesses of the pre-colonial education. 2.        Analyze four objective and four weaknesses  of the colonial state. 3.        Appraise six achievements of the Civil Right movement  in the USA. 4.        Elaborate eight factors that favoured the development  of Europe at the expense of Africa between the 15 th and 20 th centuries. SECTION B 5.        After the second world war, both USSR and USA advocated the dissolution of colonialism in Africa with different motives. Verify this statement by analyzing three  motives for each state. 6.        Asses six effects of the 1939-1945 capitalist crisis on the development of the struggle for independence in Africa. 7.        Colonial education was an instrument of...

2003-HISTORY PAPER 1 1.        “The formation and expansions of states in the interior of East and Central Africa by the 19 th Century was a direct product of long distance trade”. Discuss this statement with relevant examples. 2.        To what extent was the advancement of African productive forces affected by the development of world economy up to independence? 3.        “Umwinyi” and” Nyarubanja” were feudal forms that existed in pre-colonial East African coast and interlacustrine region respectively. With relevant examples discuss their similarities and differences. 4.        Slavery was an economic instrument for early capital accumulation but it was unhealthy for industrial growth of Europe from the end of the first half of the 19 t century.Justfy. 5.        Asses the notion that colonial economy brought unity among ethnic groups i...

1.        With concrete examples, discuss the characteristics of modes of production  found in Africa by the middle of 19 th  Century. 2.        “Mfecane is an indelible upheaval in the history of South Africa “.Discuss its impact on people of Southern Africa. 3.        Analyze the historical ground underlying the defeat of militant African resistances. 4.        How would reconciliation of African development up to 1885 be affected with an awareness of the losses simultaneously incurred by the continent in that epoch due to the nature of contact with Europe? 5.        Lenin once said: “Imperialism is the Epoch in which monopoly capitalism grows into state monopoly capitalism” (The state and Revolution).Show the main reasons for the rise of state monopoly capitalism in Europe and its effects on Africa. 6.     ...