African American War

Between the years 1881 and 1914, African territory was being invaded by Europeans during the New Imperialism period. Before Europe’s invasion, Africa consisted of various tribes and had no central government due to this during the mid nineteenth century. Europe attempted to colonize Africa using harsh military force and resulted in the European Scramble for Africa. The European Scramble for Africa caused African leaders to have different reactions such as some wanting to have no conflicts, but peace, surrendering to the Europeans due to fear, and also attempting to fight back against the Europeans.

Africa has had a long and tumultuous road of colonization and decolonization the rush to colonize Africa started in the 17th century with the discovery of the vast amounts of gold, diamonds, and rubber with colonization hitting a fever pitch during World War I. However, the repercussions of colonization have left deep wounds that still remain unhealed in the 21st century. Early on, European nations such as Britain, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany and Belgium scrambled for territories. Countries wanted land so they could harvest the resources, increase trade, and gain power. The European colonization of Africa brought racism, civil unrest, and insatiable greed; all of which have had lasting impacts on Africa.

Within Africa, nations were trying to achieve independence with some achieving it easially. Most of Africa's nations share a consequence: weakness. This weakness, before decolonization, Patrice Lumumba, who is the Prime Minster of Congo, believes that Congo was prematurealy mocked, weakened, and partially dominated. Patrice believes that just because of their skin color, that was not an reason to be treated like the way they are treated now (Doc 4). Nkrumah Kwame, who was the president of the first nation to be decolonized in Africa, assumes the fact that many other African nations were struggling, weak, and helpless. With the fragmentation continuing, the outcome of the nations would be disastrous. He sites that South Africa is very wealth, but South Africa is also weak. This shows that hope is currently not on thier side, as a whole (Doc 5). Nelson Mandela was one of the largest known people that made a difference in Africa. Nelson, who was later tried due to revolts, believes that what he did for his people was not wrong. Infact, he believes that the whites are causing the problems againsts the blacks. Nelson tries to stop using peaceful revolts, but was later accused of planning to sabotage. In the situation he is in, it was hard to gain decolonization, but it was later gained (Doc 6). Assia Djebar, who grew up in Algeria which was still trying to decolonize, figured that new pictures form while decolonization was in

The Scramble for Africa from 1876-1914 has influenced many Africans by violent resistance, diplomacy, and adopting traditions. During this time period, Africa was being colonized and taken over by European powers. This was caused by the The Berlin Conference and it consisted of European powers deciding what they should do about Africa. Africa didn't actually have a say in this. Therefore, Europe ended up dividing up Africa into colonies that they took over.

In World War One the role that African-Americans had in the war served as a way to show that they are equal citizens and deserved to be treated like anyone else. Even with a country rejecting the blacks they still sought to bleed and risk their lives. The racism that was present during the war was so great and many African-American war efforts were diminished and twisted by whites. Even after all of this blacks were still eager to enlist in war and prove themselves worthy of serving. One may think that this abuse would deter a black man from serving. The African-Americans troops who wanted to serve wanted to prove themselves to their white neighbor even with the prevalent racism the whites showed. African Americans fighting in World War I

The African American regiment and their captain set off for Beaufort, South Carolina on May 28, 1863 (1). They were to attack Fort Wagner, which was a vital key to Charleston. They only way to storm the fort was to go through loads and loads of Confederates. The sheer size of the Confederates to the Fifty- Fourth regiment was an obstacle in itself. The regiment knew the amount of obstacles they would have to overcome to achieve a victory and yet they

One can only begin to imagine the life for a slave during the mid-late nineteenth century. For an African American, the word “life” evolved from a word that meant absolutely nothing, to a word that stood for an individual’s highest commodity. After the civil war, emancipation for slaves transformed from a dream to a reality. Although the civil war finally ended in 1865 after four years of fighting, certain citizens and groups across the nation still remained in a state if disagreement with the freedom granted to African Americans. The years after the civil war revolutionized many principles that are the basis of regulations constituted in today’s society. The lives of African Americans began to change forever throughout the years after the civil war, a period otherwise known as the Reconstruction era that stretched from 1865 to 1877. Life for newly emancipated slaves during the Reconstruction era consisted of living with the fear of confrontation with hate-groups, as well as opposing unconstitutional laws, and challenging equality in the United States.

In the early 1880’s, the powers of Europe started to take control of regions in Africa and set up colonies there. In the beginning, colonization caused the Africans little harm, but before long, the Europeans started to take complete control of wherever they went. The Europeans used their advanced knowledge and technology to easily maneuver through the vast African landscape and used advanced weapons to take control of the African people and their land. The countries that claimed the most land and had the most significant effect on Africa were France, England, Belgium, and Germany. There were many reasons for the European countries to be competing against each other to gain colonies in Africa. One of the main reasons was that the

The Civil War was the turning point in American history to free a race that was considered property. This war would unify blacks and whites to fight side by side each other against the South. The Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner’s rebellion, the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and Dred Scott V. Sanford led the North to consider themselves liberators against the slave-holding South. The Emancipation Proclamation would free over 3.1 million slaves out of a total of 4 million slaves during the time. This document would only free slaves from the Southern states.

In the end, of World War II, there was an era called the "liberation movement" that continued through the twentieth century. There were movements to defeat fascism and end colonial and racial domination in other places of the world. It took two decades, but most of Africa and Asia had been decolonized. And so in most cases liberation was peaceful, but other places had a struggle with it. With those struggles in showed that independence would bring a whole new set of challenges. New African states had a hard time with developing political systems. Africans were really not happy with the fact that they had limited gains from colonial reform of 1940. Decolonization was going on in other parts of the world such as India and elsewhere.

The process of decolonization in Africa during the 1950’s through the 1970’s was a very smart yet risky idea. For some places independence was easily gained yet in other areas it was a battle. During the time periods where colonization existed, Africa was peaceful and kept things in order. People had control over their specific locations and there were no questions to be asked. Once it was decided to remove these rights, things got out of hand rather quickly. Violence was a main occurrence during the decolonization timeframe because rules, rights, leaderships, etc. got altered and drastically changed. Sometimes nonviolence was used but it usually wasn’t as effective. A major example of using nonviolence actions to gain independence is when

For many years, the African continent has been a center for political unrest. Much of that political unrest is blamed on the extended period of European colonization that the continent was forced to endure. Because of ethnic differences, natural resources, and ineffective governments, Africa has been subject to many military takeovers in the postcolonial period.

African nations, as they achieved freedom from the colonial system, could claim a sense of control over

Over the last several hundred years, Africa has been deprived of the peace that it so desperately needs. For over 400 years, Africa was subjected to the harsh trans-Atlantic slave trade. Europeans and Americans brutally uprooted millions of Africans and shipped them away. Torn away from their homes, Africans were inhumanely exploited for their labor. The slave trade had a devastating effect not only on those involved, but also on future generations to come. The exploitation of Africans continued even after slavery was abolished. A new form of slavery disguised as colonialism quickly took form as an institutionalized method of exploiting Africans. European

When the Europeans colonised Africa, they brought great new technologies and new inventions that the Africans weren’t aware of, such as new medicine that saved people’s lives, new farming techniques and tools that got the Africans more food, cotton and other supplies from the fields that were harder to get before. The Europeans, most importantly, made the Africans feel safer. They introduced new war weapons and other war techniques that helped the African’s win and fight with a good army. The European countries, lead to independence and made some africans feel safer by defending them in wars and making the Africans feel equal to them and more powerful thanks to