Re: Kenya was not the name of the country
Sorry, but actually it was, but not independent till 1963
The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the British Empire in Africa. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British crown colony in 1920. Technically, the “Colony of Kenya” referred to the interior lands, while a ten-mile coastal strip (ostensibly on lease from the Sultan of Zanzibar) was the “Protectorate of Kenya” but the two were controlled as a single administrative unit. Mombasa, the largest city in 1921, had a population of 32,000 at that time.
Indians in Kenya objected to the reservation of the Highlands for Europeans and bitterness grew between the Indians and the Europeans. The population in 1921 was estimated at 2,376,000, of whom 9651 were Europeans, 22,822 Indians, and 10,102 Arabs.
The COLONY CAME TO AN END IN 1963 when independence was agreed with the British. After independence the former colony became known as Kenya.
Great information. Kudus to you - this was being touted to debunk what seems to be a straight forward registration for a COLB...I'm glad to have this information.
A poster yesterday informed me that the courier font on that document (the one signed by grammama) proved it a forgery as courier was a computer font, not a typewriter font.
Yes on a computer font - but also, it was a pretty universal font for typewriters.
I made my living in the newspaper field for decades and am familiar with fonts.
the courier font was developed in the mid-50's - but not patented so quickly went into almost universal use with typewriters - before bamba war born.