COLLABORATION; COWARDLY BUT WISE GREG Adero Its said that cowards live longer and history proves this. When the British invaded Kenya in the 1880s, African communities reacted by either resisting or collaborating with the British. Of course none of the Africans was happy with the British inversion due to land alienation, racial discrimination, forced labour, forced taxation amongst other evils brought by the white man, some communities still chose to ally and welcome them. It could have been seen as a cowardly, egocentric and traitorous move by the African chiefs but to me it was a wise and a strategic move, for if you can’t beat them, simply join them. I bigin with Nabongo Mumia of the Wanga. Apart from now having a whole county (Mumias) named after him, Nabongo Mumia benefited himself and the entire Wanga clan a great deal. He was made a Paramount chief for the whole of western Kenya and got protection by the British from attacks of neighbours like Nandi, Bukusu and L...
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