[SatinDoll]

” ‘East Africa’ without ‘British’ in front of it was not formal geo-political name ever from what I can tell.”

Agreed, 100%.

The whole situation is bizarre.

[Beckwith]

The region, “Kenya,” was named after Mount Kenya, and existed forever before the English, Germans, French and Arabs carved it up during the colonial period.

Each of the colonial powers called their piece of the Kenya pie by a different name.

The indigenous people always called it Kenya, and formalized the name “Kenya” upon its independence.