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Facts

Date 1895 - 1964

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eastern Africa partitioned, c. 1914
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British Empire
British Empire
historical state, United Kingdom
Zanzibar
Zanzibar
island, Tanzania
Kenya
Kenya
Tanzania
Tanzania
Uganda
Uganda

Key People

Sir Charles Eliot
British colonial administrator