The Causes And Effects Of Colonialism In Sub-Saharan Africa

Ever heard the saying big bank take little bank ? That’s basically what imperialism is. Imperialism is a policy which a strong nation take complete control over other countries . This is exactly what the Europeans did in several different parts of Africa . Not only did the Europeans divided and colonized Africa but they took everything away ,from their culture to their independence. Why take all this away ? It’s simple , the Europeans nations was competing against each other and they thought they were superior. They noticed Africa had many raw materials and resources they could use and benefit from. The driving force for imperialism in Africa was economics , competition , and politics.

In the late 1800’s Europeans took over Africa, took their resources,enslaving the Africans, and changed the course of history. The Europeans took over Africa, which is called The Scramble For Africa, in 1884-1914. The Europeans took over because Africa was rich in raw materials, they wanted power, and they thought their culture was superior. The driving force behind imperialism was need for resources, political competition, and technological advances. One driving force behind imperialism was need for natural resources. Document E uses a bar graph to show imports and exports in 1854, and 1900 between Great Britain and South Saharan Africa. Great Britain made 3 million British pounds in 1854, and 21

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.

In conclusion, European imperialism had a both positive and negative effect on Africa and Asia, while the majority of people fail to comprehend the positive facet of the topic. Europe introduced education, religion, trade, and government to the people, but the way in which they forced these things upon the native people is where they went wrong. When they forced themselves on the native people it ruined the interactions between

According to document five, colonization was positive for Europe because they attained many more resources. This allowed many more industries to grow and flourish including the textile industry because of an increase in cotton coming into Europe. Also, in document four, another positive economic change is shown, with an increase in new technology and other advances. New technological advances allowed the economy to grow. They allowed Europeans to successfully invade and conquer Africa, allowing them to attain new resources and grow rich. Lastly, a both a negative and positive effect is explained in document six. This is positive for the Europeans because it allowed them to grow rich on the backs of slaves and the free labor they provided. However, this is negative for Africans, as they were forced into slavery, or were paid very little, which did not help their economy. Overall, the economic changes were great, but affected the Europeans much more positively than the the African

Even though Europe was able to take over so many colonies, the amount of influence Europe had within these regions was minimal. The Europeans urge to “civilize” these colonies was never for the good of the inhabitants. As seen before when the Europeans wanted to civilize India and the way of their lifestyle were by force. Creating armies, the Criminal Tribe, and the complete deterrence of a practice the Indians did in their religion. Not only was Europe an imperial power, but there was also Russia, France, the Dutch, and the United States (Tignor 644-648). Each country in Europe wanted to be part of the imperialistic race, and this led to the destruction of many African cultures (Tignor 647). Europe created a

Although imperialism was mostly negative fro Africans, they did receive some benefits. One positive effect was that they were provided with security by their rulers (Doc .4). Colonization and the presence of European soldiers reduced warfare within the colony. Another positive effect of imperialism for the Africans was that improved technology gave introduced to the civilized world. Communications improved because Europeans set up telephone and telegraph poles. Also, transportation improved because of railroads and the steam engine. Although, this technology was mostly used by Europeans, the ideas were brought to the African colonies all the same. The Africans did benefit from the imperialism a tinge.

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.

The indigenous people of Africa suffered many setbacks, when the Europeans arrived. When the Europeans arrived in Africa they made the indigenous people feel inferior, lack self-confidence, and be stripped of their responsibility. As shown by Document 2, when it says, “...convince us that our civilization was nothing less than savagery, thus giving us complexes which led to our being branded as irresponsible and lacking in self-confidence.” Some people may agree, that this seems like something out of a genocide. Originally the indigenous people of Africa were supposed to be cheap labor. However, this soon changed when the Europeans enslaved the African people. This is portrayed in Document 6, when it says, “...Beneath the noonday sun, My brother was strong…” By doing this they stole all of the human rights from the Africans, who had done nothing wrong. This is shown in Document 3, when it says, “Whereas fundamental human rights...are denied to Africans.” During this extremely horrific time in African history men were worked to death, and women were raped. This is found in Document 6, when it says,”The White Man killed my father,My father was proud, The White Man seduced my mother, My mother was beautiful.” This shows the negative effects are much worse for the Africans, than for the Europeans. But, there are some positives in this dark hour. When the Europeans arrived in Africa, they provided the

Africans felt more powerful with the help of the Europeans. Tribal groups that sided with Europeans made money. African’s job was then created to the Africans. They learned new trade practices which more money was involved instead of trading one object to another. Africa also had some positive impacts from Europe

Although the African economy was advancing with new railroads and postal services, it was benefitting the British more than the African people. If the economy of a society is growing it helps more people get money and creates more

In the past hundred years, the British colonized over 100 countries including South Africa. Did it leave any positive impact on South Africa? The colonization of South Africa began in the sixteenth century. With around one hundred and seventy years of colonization, the British had taken control of the Cape which brought bad impacts to the South African people ("British Takes Control of the Cape”). These negative impacts affected the South African people socially, politically and economically. These three elements were also the reasons that the South African people suffered greatly during the colonization.

Colonialism is the control of governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people, and that is exactly what the Europeans did the Africans. Africa was once a beautiful country with an abundant amount of resources but when the Europeans came and colonized Kenya they took that all away. Yes the colonization did help Africa a lot but even though it brought a lot of good it wasn’t able to overcome all of the negative it did, colonialism effected Kenya in a negative way in the areas such as government, education, and culture

The introduction of colonialism had vast implications on the world and greatly altered the histories of millions of people. The practice of colonialism denotes the process that people from one place establish a settlement in another land in a way which has repercussions on people who initially inhabited the land, (Derry, 2011, p. 358). Throughout the globe, though mostly in the Americas, Africa and the Pacific Islands, (Morgan, 2017), Indigenous lands were colonized, effecting the countless Indigenous populations. While contact was not obligated to be negative, contact between Indigenous populations and colonizers had an immensely negative impact on Indigenous peoples living in colonizΩzed land. New diseases introduced by colonizers wiped out the vast majority of the Indigenous population. Additionally, the peaceful contact which Indigenous populations initiated was usually not held up by colonizers. Unfortunately, this resulted in the various forms of oppression for Indigenous groups at the hands of the colonizers. Throughout colonial times, millions of Indigenous lives were lost while colonizers continued to reap the material benefits of colonization. These results of colonization were consistent globally, though each region and Indigenous group experienced colonization differently. For example, in Argentina, interactions between colonizers and Indigenous groups were initially peaceful. However, eventually, the Argentine government, along with missionaries, decided to

It can be refferd to as a period whereby European powers colonised, invaded, occupied and annexed African territories in a very rapid and unprecedented manner, even though there was little interest in Africa up to the 1870's. In fact, up to 1880 Europeans ruled merely 10% of the African continent. Yet within 30 years, by 1914, European nations will have claimed all of Africa except Liberia (a small territory of freed slaves from the United States) and Abyssinia (Ethiopia), which had successfully held off Italian invaders at the battle of Adowa in 1896. The partitioning of Africa was seen as a means of easing tensions between European states which was high in the late 19th century and avoid a full blown out war in Europe