Summary of History and Culture of East Africa

For almost a century, nearly all the countries of East Africa were colonized by many European countries. Many European countries controlled East African countries and they forced East African countries to trade their resources. When they traded their resources they also automatically traded their culture too. Christianity from the Europe influenced the lives of many East African. For examples, Christian missionaries from Egypt first introduced Christianity to Ethiopia as early as the AD 300s, and then about 200 years later Christianity spread into Nubia which is an area of Egypt and Sudan today. Early in the 1200s, a powerful Christian emperor called 'Lalibela ruled Ethiopia. He built 11rock churches during his reign. As you can see, European countries influenced the culture not only take the resources.