Imperialism in Africa

Objectives/EQ’s  Objectives  Identify and describe the origins of African imperialism and their responses  EQ’s  Why did African imperialism occur?  How did the Africans respond?

Warm-Up  Based on the political cartoon, what are 2 inferences you can make about Imperialism in Africa?

“Gold Diggers”

The Partition of Africa

Cultures in Africa  Africa is a huge continent- 3x larger than Europe  Africa in the early 1800’s  Hundreds of languages spoken, varied governments, many small tribes/villages

Language in Africa  Currently over 1500 languages in Africa  Many people multi- lingual  Thousands of different cultures

African Religion  Prevalence of indigenous religion

Video: Imperialism in Africa  nZidGuU&playnext=1&list=PLB A4&feature=results_video nZidGuU&playnext=1&list=PLB A4&feature=results_video  What are 5 Causes & Effects dealing with Imperialism in Africa?

The Partition of Africa  Africa before Imperialism  Several expanding empires  Much of continent consists of tribal communities  North Africa & East Africa- Muslim influences  West & Southern Africa- European/Christian Influence  Impact of slavery  Initiated contact between tribal leaders & Europeans/Americans

European Contact Increases  Explorers advance to Africa’s interior  Africans hesitant to allow Europeans into interior  Difficult to reach interior  Missionaries follow explorers  Many fell to tropical diseases  Took a “paternalistic view”  Viewed Africans as children in need of guidance

Scramble for Colonies  The Berlin Conference:  Euro powers draw lines for territories  Prevents war in Europe  Impacts today:  Many cultural sub- groups in the same country = conflict!

Scramble for Colonies  Conditions for Africans  Threat of severe punisment/death for disobeying authority  Business drives imperialism  Government drives colonization  Africa partitioned because of lack of technology  Guns vs. Arrows  Comparable to North & South America  Europeans wanted the re$ource$ in Africa

Africans Resist  Many tribal wars vs. Imperial nations  Native weapons no match for machine guns  Millions killed  Ethiopia Survives without occupation  Ethiopia & Liberia only countries to survive occupation

After imperialism  Many African nations gain independence after WWII  Powers had no $$$ to support colonies  Constant state of conflict & turmoil  Corruption  Dictatorships/Ethnic Cleansing/Child Soldiers

Post Imperialism  Poor Infrastructure  Railroads/roads  Massive Debt  Single product economies  Cheap coffee/bananas

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