Essay on Africa vs European Imperialism

had many resources that Europeans could use for their industries, gave them an opportunity to expand on their territory, and the Congolese were easily forced into cheap labor. All of these things were quickly achieved by the Europeans armies that were equipped with the newly invented machine gun. Although Africa did resist in several ways, the Europeans clearly had the upperhand. However I believe that the main force behind European Imperialism in Africa was Economical related.

To further evaluate Europe and Africa one could look at the economic consequences of European colonialism in Africa. There are several consequences to this subject. The two that seem the most important was the transformation of individual colonies into export-oriented

With the economic gain in mind, the European colonies are more likely to compete more rigorously to get the most money possible. The bar graph representing Great Britain and South Saharan Africa Imports and Exports, 1854 and 1900 revealed that there was an increase of about 10 million british pounds in exports to Africa after the spread of imperialism. As a result of the large increase in money after they took over Africa, competition between colonies was encouraged very strongly. There were many different colonies in Europe that competed for the resources in Africa. Each of the different European colony gained the resources from the part of Africa that they colonized.

For example, Europeans benefited a lot from their colonies. A chart shows the resources Europeans received from their colonies. South Africa, a successful Great Britain colony, exported gold and diamonds to England, (Doc D). Africa is filled with treasures and resources. Europeans colonized Africa so they could get their hands on the valuable riches in Africa.

Colonialism has negatively impacted African cultures by separating the continent without Africa’s permission and treating Africans like they were not people. Africans were being treated badly and also unfairly by the Belgians as if they were slaves. Belgium took the congo away from africa because they felt like Africans did not deserve the congo. They also took all of Africa’s resources because they felt like Africa did not deserve those resources. African had a lot of good resources like gold, silver, diamonds, and oil.

Imperialism in Africa began in the late 19th century. It began when King Leopold II began the Scramble for Africa. All of the major colonial powers went after Africa. Their goal was to gain the most wealth and to have the most territory. Having more territory and claiming valuable parts of the continent was a symbol of power. Imperialism in Africa had negative and positive consequences on both the Europeans and Africans, these can be shown through human rights issues, new industry and advancements, and wealth and influence.

Imperialism may improve lives for some people, but still made the world worse than better because there was terrible work conditions for the workers, native religions and cultures were ignored or destroyed. The workers of the factories were almost like slaves. They did not get paid almost at all and many were injured or died. The native religions were disappearing because of the powerful European countries. Along with the native religions, The languages, governments, and others were deserted or destroyed. All of Africa was changed forever and Europe did not even care about what they were doing.

They exported for resources such as cotton, iron and copper. The Berlin Conference in 1884 is when the European states met up to discuss the division. Imperialism has a huge effect on Africa because when the Europeans left, the Rwandan Genocide started where many innocent lives were lost. Imperialism in the Middle East also played a major role. In the 1800s, European nations started getting attracted towards the presence of vast oil fields.

One thing that was caused by imperialism was government problems. A leader who spoke after the war, explains that Imperialism ruined them and it is their right to rule their own country (Azikiwe). Africa had no rights in their own country which affected them a greatly. In addition to this, Europeans treated the colonized people poorly, and they had very poor living and working conditions. A Congolese worker stated that, “Wild beasts-- leopards-- killed some of us when we were working away in the forest, and others got lost or died from exposure and starvation” (Refugee Interview). This shows that Europeans had affected their lifestyles. Just as colonized people were hurt from being poorly treated, they were also hurt because of how Europeans ruined them economically. Europeans took all of their best land, leaving them with no land to grow crops. Because of this, people did not have the money to buy food or even grow it. Nobody could sell crops for money or even buy crops which hurt the colonized people drastically. Eventually, this led to many deaths among the colonized people and affected them

African Imperialism happens with the Berlin conference 1884 to lay down the rules for the division of Africa.They agreed that any of the european country could claim that the land in africa by noticing or linguistic groups were distributed.Pros of africa during the berlin conference is new modes of transportation, hospitals and medical clinics were introduced throughout africa, The cons during the berlin conference ethnic groups that hated each other were grouped and conflicts ensued,people were forced to work for countries far away.Imperialism

Africa was filled with a phenomenal and immense amount of natural resources. Many European countries were in a race to get these resources and to gain land. The only problem was that a race for this beautiful land and these natural resources deemed as economy boosters could cause an all out war between the European nations. European countries never were concerned for land in Africa nor their resources. That was until the late 1880s when King Leopold II of Belgium started sort of a trend by acquiring a private “country” of 900,000 square miles in Africa. This “country” was dubbed the Congo Free State and it was 95 times the size of Belgium. Leopold was making a gargantuan amount of money by taking out ivory and rubber. Many European countries started to notice what Leopold was doing and wanted to join in on finding these natural resources and gaining land. Otto Von Bismarck of Germany proposed a conference for European countries to divide up Africa so that there wouldn't be any wars over land or resources. Technological advancements, cultural causes, and national pride are all important Driving Forces to European imperialism, but the main reason was economical.

The cause of imperialism is the control of government the Europeans made. They started trade and realized that Africa was easy for the to take over. This was called Social Darwinism, a tactic where every man for himself (Survival of the fittest) shal come on the African land and take as much as possible. Then the discover of Wealth came to power, and diamonds and jewels were common in Africa. This builded up all of Africa’s economics and the Europeans. Also the Europeans took over all the countries in Africa except for Liberia and Ethiopia. The two countries had to learn fast about Europe and for them in tremendously worked. But imperialism only got worst for them, the effect is they made a new imperialism with more forms of control, new methods of management and managing colonies. The main effect of imperialism is the Sphere of Influence. Is increased trading privileges to other countries to do mainly slave trade. After that, the indirect and direct control were made for slavery, direct was for the owner watching and looking after the slaves, and indirect is hiring someone to look after the slaves for you. Many leader used indirect control because they wanted to conquer a lot of land and they hired other people to do it for them. After Europeans kept trying to control

Colonialism occurs when one nation takes control over a group of people or certain territories. During the Berlin Conference in 1885, the European countries divided Sub-Saharan Africa into regions that they would control. These countries included Belgian, Italy, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, and France. Most of Africa was divided and controlled by the European powers. The only independent countries at this time were Ethiopia and Liberia. These new boundaries caused many problems for the African people, as they were separated from their families, placed with hostile groups, and taken away from their groups in society. In conclusion, the colonization of Africa had many negative effects on the African people.

Africa is home to countless cultures that all have their own unique ideas and customs. During the past couple of centuries, these cultures were threatened to the point where they almost ceased to exist. The Berlin Conference was a very important occurrence in Africa and Europe's history. It legitimized what the European powers, mainly France and Britain, had been doing for the past hundred years, without the approval of any African country. During the late nineteenth century, France and Britain began imperialistic ventures into Africa, which eventually led Leopold II to conquer the Congo. It was Leopold's II presence in Africa that to led the Berlin Conference.

In Doc #7, by Tafawa Balawa, the Nigerian Prime Minister in the 1960s saying speech in Lagos to Nigerians, to say thank you to Britian. They have brought some modern methods and more education. This is a positive effect because the people didn’t have much education, therefore they can’t learn much and get a carrier. Because Tafawa was the Nigerian Prime Minister, he wanted to thank Britain for giving them better stuff so Nigeria and other parts of Africa to become a better economy. Another positively social effect for imperializing Africa was spreading Christianity. They needed to spread more Christianity so they could have more beliefs and help for the Africans. Another positively social effect for imperializing Africa is abolishing slavery. Africa was big for having slaves, and when the Europeans imperialized Africa, it ended slavery. People are now free from low pay labor, torture and living hell from cruel, tyrants. People would think that imperializing Africa had some negative social effects, like taking away culture life. In Doc #6, by Kibuyu Chief Kabongo, a chief/ruler of a tribe, in Kenya, 1935. He wrote to Muthungu wa Miti to tell what has changed. In Africa, the British were taking away their culture life, and children are starting to forget their languages and culture. Since Miti was a chief, he saw his people looking at