NECTA History Notes for Form 1–6 (CSEE & ACSEE

THE FOLLOWING WERE THE TERMS OF DEVONSHIRE WHITE PAPER: The terms of the Devonshire white paper were to raise solutions to the racial conflicts in Kenya.  It was declared that Kenya was primarily an African territory and as such, the interests of Africans were to be important.  Kenyan highlands were to be reserved for only the whites’ settlement.  The document declared policies of racial discrimination in residential areas null and void.  The Asians were to move freely into Kenya.  The Asians were to elect five members to the Legislative council. A missionary was to be elected on the Legislative council to represent the interests of the Africans; Dr. Arthur was elected to this effect. The document was to recognize the contribution of the European community in the development of Kenya  It declared that there was not to be any further advance towards self-government in the near future. That Kenya was to be under Europeans. It declared that the British c...

Primitive communalism   is first mode of production in which basic means of life are owned and shared by all members of the community. It preceded all other mode of the production and mark the rise of the society from sheer animalism to human society. Communalism existed for much longer time than any other mode of production in Africa. It ranges from emergency of man more than one million years ago and existed during stone and iron age. Some of African societies like Khoisan speaking people in the dry Kalahari region of modern day Botswana and Mbuti society from modern day democratic republic of Congo, are still living in communalism mode of production. The following are characteristics of communalism mode of production: Full democracy, this is because about all members of the society had to make decision to arrive at the solution regardless of their sexes Lack of specialization, this is because all people in the society are supposed to do all jobs together jobs include t...