Quote by Jomo Kenyatta: “When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land.”

This poignant observation critically exposes the deceptive nature of colonialism, where religious conversion was often a pretext for exploiting resources and seizing land. It highlights the vast disparity in power and the calculated strategy of imperial expansion.

Kenyatta critiqued the deceptive nature of colonialism, where religious conversion often served as a pretext for land seizure and political domination in Africa. He exposed the economic motives behind the 'civilizing mission.'

Kenyan nationalist leader and the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya after independence in 1963. His 1938 ethnographic study Facing Mount Kenya was a landmark work defending Kikuyu culture and social institutions against colonial misrepresentation. He was detained without trial by British colonial authorities from 1952 to 1961.