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Reasons why the armed resistance failed in Kenya are;Kenyan societies were organized in small autonomous groups making it hard to fight the enemyDisunity of communities who kept fighting one another.Inferior weapons while British had sophisticated weapons like gunsAfrican warriors were not well trainedEpidemics and natural calamities reduced the populationPoor leadershipThe death of their leaders demoralized themSome Africans collaborated with British against fellow Africans
Reasons Kenyan communities fought against each other during the precolonial period because of;Competition for land for cultivation and settlementCompetition for water or pastureTo demonstrate their military powerTo raid for cattle
African resistance failed against European invasion because;African had inferior weapons compared to European superior weaponsDisunity among Africans.Some African communities had been weakened by diseases and calamities.Europeans received reinforcement from their colonies and mother countries.Some Africans collaborated with the Europeans helping them against fellow Africans.European's robust and organized armies couldn't be matched by the African warriors.Some African leaders were captured and executed hence demoralizing the Africans.The scotched earth policy employed by Europeans significantly weakened the Africa economy.
Reasons Portuguese built Fort Jesus include;To act as hiding place against/attack by their enemiesTo use it as base of sending expeditions against resisting communities of the coast/administration base.Use it for storing armaments/storage of items before transportationUse as a watch tower
Assimilation policy failed in Senegal because;The policy was expensive, especially the costs of privileges it provided such as education.There was problems of cultural differences between Africans and the FrenchAfrican chiefs who had lost their authority over their subjects strongly opposed policy of assimilation.French lacked adequate personnel to supervise the processFrench feared that its application would result to the loss of labour on their farmsPolitically the system threatened their status quo: French feared if Africans were elected to join French chambers of deputies they would outnumber the Frenchmen.Disregard of African laws based on African culture & Islam caused a lot of African resentmentHigh standards expected by the French for one to be assimilated made the policy unworkable.Fear by some Frenchmen that assimilated Africans could be their economic rivals.French were unable to agree to destroy the French colonial empire, they began to agitate for abolition of the policy.The rise of African nationalism undermined the policy.