British East Africa
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geographical nameDefinition of BRITISH EAST AFRICA
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— see kenya
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the former British dependencies in E Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Zanzibar, & Tanganyika
British East Africa
(Concise Encyclopedia)Territory under former British control, Africa. British penetration of the area began at Zanzibar in the late 19th century. In 1888 the British East Africa Co. established claims to territory in what is now Kenya. British protectorates were subsequently established over the sultanate of Zanzibar and the kingdom of Buganda (see Uganda). In 1919 Britain was awarded the former German territory of Tanganyika as a League of Nations mandate. All these territories achieved political independence in the 1960s.
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