Effects Of Mfecane

This goes to show the gravity of impact the population loss had or still has on West Africa. In Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ he states that “The massive loss to the African labour force was made more critical because it was composed of able-bodied young men and young women. Slave buyers preferred their victims between the ages of 15 and 35, and preferably in the early twenties; the sex ratio being about two men to one woman.” The people, or lack thereof, of West Africa found it very difficult to replenish the population, not to mention the interruption of the family structure in this part of Africa. Like most cultures, in African culture the men are the head of the household and were the chiefs of the various villages. In the absence of these men, many women found it very difficult to survive having lived as housewives and depending on men as the bread winners of the household. As a result, thre was social chaos in the Western part of Africa.

During the the Early Modern era many places expanded. This is similar to the Chinese under the Han and then under the Tang. The empires were expanded and gaining more power through this. Trade and religions were becoming more popular and spreading across the world. Agriculture was key in the economies of countries everywhere. The empires were all similar with expanding and gaining power during this time period.

It left Africa with an uneven ratio of men to women, it destroyed all trust people had for each other, the economy was in chaos, and wars and slave raids ravished the land. Nobody was safe anymore. Friends were turning on friends and trading them to the Europeans in order to live another day. Some places were worse than others. In the picture, the King of Kongo is depicted with European ambassadors at his feet (Document 6). This could symbolize that during this time, The King of Kongo had more power than the Europeans, despite the advanced weapons they possessed. The Africans knew the land, so in exchange for weapons the Africans did the raiding, thus creating chaos and wars between group. As for the social structure of Africa, it became hunted or hunter. Africans either captured others, or they got captured themselves. As slavery continued to develop, Africa erupted into a bunch of chaos. This somewhat like the warring states period in china. There was no centralized authority, constant wars, and tons of

The people of Africa were in need of guidance due to the social and economic issues the

That was the cause of A lot of deaths to African natives. Due to the wars, the tribes were gone, and more were forced to give their land to Europeans because they're too weak. these Europeans then looted the land of its natural resources, and brought them back to their home country just to more money to their already huge bank of money and treasury.

This partition of Africa had implicated that Europeans were superior than and could rule over the Africans, opening the door for the idea of racism to manifest in the minds of western civilizations. This made it seem acceptable to completely white-wash nearly an entire continent solely because they weren’t the same as Europe. The same concept continued through the years, especially in the western hemisphere, making the continent adopt the culture, politics, and economy of Europe, a change they never wanted. It was as if Africa had no say in what happened to their land and people. Africa’s original inhabitants were overruled, starved, and enslaved as their villages were burned with many people still

After the Europeans abruptly left Africa after they had imperialized them for years, Africa was left to develop a government and economy for themselves. The Europeans made no haste to establish borders that would agree with the Africans and their tribes. The borders for the countries were random, the European nations paid little to no attention to the cultural affairs of the African tribes. The terribly placed borders per newly formed African country along with the fact that they had to establish their own government once the Europeans left caused intense turmoil that still carries over to today.

The Atlantic Slave Trade contributed to the instability as well as the expansion of politics in Africa. There was the distribution of ammunition in Central and West Africa helped with the military and political supremacy of tribes in Africa. Political alliances were betrayed between slave traders and African leaders. These alliances enabled the rulers to establish authority over their counterparts. Also some kings prospered and entire kingdoms developed around this

There was not only an expansion in the size of empires, but also religion, and movement of people. The Ottoman Empire expanded its rule over time through the religious belief of Islam

African countries remained independent. But, in the Americas, Europeans governed colonies. Plantation economic organization was more common in the Americas, although establishments in both areas used forced labor. Because of racial mixture, American society was less uniform than African society was, and the mixture of people produced a social hierarchy mostly dependent on race. Although slavery was present in Africa, the absence of racial mixture left untouched the traditional social relationships based on nobility, land, and priesthood.

This exploitation along with the problems new governments faced when trying to unify tribal groups is why a big portion of the continent today lives in poverty. In the late 1800’s, when European nations began to realize the huge amount of resources needed to fuel the industrial revolution, they sought out Africa for the solution. These nations came in and divided up Africa with little regard for ethnic groups and began to ship resources back to their homeland. For over half a century Africa lost abundances of it’s natural resources to Europeans, which greatly stressed the countries when they were given their independence back. Along with having smaller amounts of natural resources to fuel their economy, African countries were also plagued with civil war, due to the way the continent was divided up.

Consider how Africa’s geography has changed over time. What positive and negative effects would these changes have had on human populations on the continent? As their new homes changed they were able to adapt due to their innovative mindset. This can be attributed to the new found organization thanks to language. Allowing Africans to grow and expand throughout the entire continent. Other factors that can be attributed are the change in geography for some parts such as the Sahara drying out and swamps and lakes disappeared.

The British Empire’s ambition to pursue economic prosperity in 19th century Southern Africa is a key cause of conflict between the British settlers and the Dutch Boers. The imperialist decisions and aspirations of the British to utilise the country as a trade system, as well as to secure natural resources, contrasted with the Boer’s determination to pursue political independence. This consequently led to the increasing tensions to arise between the Boers and the British. An important trigger in the events that led up to the Boer War was the increasing imperialism of Southern Africa.

Overall though, the Scramble for Africa was an event happened because superior European advances in technology and medicine, economic prosperity and the motivation to look good, and to help others to be as good as themselves. Putting down societies through indirect and direct control help submit dominance over the natives with almost no say in their

the mines. The addition of the African people changed the social hierarchy and a new mix of