What Are The Effects Of Imperialism In Africa

The Europeans came into African and took control of the Africans and all of their policies and their power and made them feel like second-hand people in their own communities. The Europeans brought in jobs, rules, and their history and language, this caused more resources to be made, the Africans to lost power in their own territory, and African languages and cultures were lost and replaced with European languages and cultures. The positive and negative effects of imperialism on the Africans were caused by the modernization of their communities, the establishment of European rulers, and the religion and education the Europeans brought to Africa.

Imperialism has had very positive and negative effects on many countries/cities. Two of them are Algiers, capital of Algeria, and Congo. For Algiers there have been lots of problems, like not being able to develop as a country and a not great economy. But, it has also created roads and improved education, and has also given the city many new ideas that have helped the people and the city be more modern and know more about tools they may need in the future. For Congo, there was an increased school system, improved healthcare, and the amount of jobs increased. Unfortunately though there was a lot of discrimination against the congolese, and lots of brutal treatment which decreased the population.

While the imperialization of Africa did bring some benefits, those benefits were greatly outweighed by many negative effects, for both the European countries and the African natives. Imperialization showed to be very expensive and difficult for the Europeans and probably not worth the trouble. As for the natives, matters were even worse, during and after imperialism.

“The Horror! The Horror!” It is what Joseph Conrad had described about the colonization of Africa. During the colonization, Africa was being strangled out of their ways of culture and life. Africa was also being split between the Europeans. Africans were forced to learn the mother-tongue. Colonization was destroying the resources Africans had.

Industrial revolution might be one of the greatest revolutions to occur in human history. During the era of industrial revolution economic and social lives of people changed and great western cities prospered. Many western nations relied on other nation form raw material they need for their industries. So, western nation and Japan decided to seize control of other nation that has raw materials. Through imperialism, western nations and Japan spread their rule throughout the world. Obviously, no one is never going to freely allow others to take over their nation. So, imperialism was mostly done using force. One area that was deeply affected by imperialism was Africa. While the positive effects of imperialism on Africa was freed from European

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

Some people would argue the effects of imperialism in Africa and Asia were socially negative . For example, Belgian missionaries of Congo only educated a small percentage of the residence in Congo. The missionaries were only supporting the colonial culture and they did not support the African Native culture.

Since the 16th century European nations sought trade routes with the Far East, explored the New World, and established settlements in North and South America, as well as in Southeast Asia. Between 1880 and 1910 it was a race for Europeans to annex as many African colonies as possible to make ones empire larger and more powerful. Imperialism is “a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.” Some historians may say that Imperialism did more good than bad, but I would say that it caused more bad than good. Although Imperialism has had many positive effects such as the spread of medicine, education and a more prosperous economy it mainly deprived small countries of their rights, own culture, own resources and allowed big countries

Colonization, exploitation, and imperialism were rampant throughout 18th and 19th but even extending as far as the 20th century with its effects still resonating today with the culture and literature of these systematically oppressed people. The story of Africa throughout Western literature is overflowing with stories of flat cultures and uncivilized “beasts” of the jungles. By way of contract these “beasts” see themselves as dipped in the rich and vibrant culture preserved and protected by ancestors and polytheistic gods demanding tribute for appeasement, echoing for generations as a complex agricultural based society. It is for this rich but isolated cultural that creates violent conflicts that devastate tribes and societies for centuries

When we bethink the European Empire, we reminisce of an illustrious, paramount empire that had once dominated most of the world. But, were they all as stupendous as they seemed? The Age of Discovery was a dark, hellish era - Europeans were unsurpassable, conquering and enslaving a large miscellany of civilisations - leaving them with barren fields and waterless lakes. These civilisations ranged from small tribes to extensive continents; one of which was modern-day Africa. Unquestionably, European colonisation was the prominent factor towards underdevelopment in Africa. The European colonisers demonstrated exploitation of local Africans and their resources, the destruction of Africa’s political system, and the subdivision of traditional ethnic

The Industrial Revolution made many new inventions that had many sources of energy and materials needed to make them. For the nations with this technology, Imperialism was a way for them to further Industrialize and generate economy. Imperialism is the act of one country expanding its power to other territory in order to colonize and gain resources, economy, knowledge, and control. European countries with strong militaries used Imperialism in order to achieve these goals but caused consequences in the long term. Africa, China, And India were imperialized by European countries due to the cheap labor, raw resources, research opportunities, and consumers available but this was greeted with many rebellions, many deaths, unfair treaties, and spreading of technology and knowledge from one country to the next.

Africa has a complex history that has contributed to its current state, that to some seems hopeless and for others an opportunity for rebuilding and renewal in the continent. With the influences of colonialism and western powers the complete system of African cultures have been restructured and globalized. This has had negative and positive effects on the people of Africa, its economy and government. After colonialism, relationships between states have still remained and Western powers are a dominate force in the direction of their economy. Alongside this, there are many other influences that are internal and not external that is contributing to the issues within Africa. One of the main problems that we see is corruption in the government and leadership. This is one of the most serious issues within Africa, which could possibly be the root of a myriad of afflictions that face the people. However, there are those who are trying to combat the corruption and bring renewal to the countries within this immense continent. These are the people who are aware of the taxing history and the current transition to independence that many countries are trying to figure out.

As the world races for its place in history, many continents excel on their mark on the map. It is because Africa was in the right place, but in a different time they were taken advantage of their glory. Although it is difficult for Africa to retrace and reclaim its memoirs, it has an origin that had existed before colonialism. The attempt of challenging modern history has desperately provided an economical realm that extracts and injects into Africa resources.

Economic, social and political conditions of the Africans were also the major factors which motivated the European imperialist to start taking interest and finally start colonization in Africa. The things which encourage the European scramble and finally led to the partition and eventually conquest of Africa were the search of the guaranteed markets and profitable investments outlets i.e. primary motivation for European intrusion was economic. As the industrialization started in Europe they needed some palace to find raw material and they need a community that can act as market for the products that they made in these industries.

Africa had its own economic system prior to imperialism, however when there was a strong trade and cultural influence in African societies from surrounding countries in Europe and Asia in the nineteenth century, these nations to developed a dependence for economic growth due to exploitation of the people and land. In most academic writing, Africa’s economic growth was understood to be limited during the period of colonialism, however in Bayart’s writing, it is explained how African societies used “dependence as a mode of action” to reap benefits for themselves. In this effort, it is seen that these African nations were not able to benefit from said terms agreed on the trade of goods.