1. Managing & Resisting Imperialism
How did imperialist countries manage their colonies?
French West Africa
British Nigeria

2. Indirect Control Direct Control Imperial Management
Europeans developed two methods to manage colony
Indirect Control
Direct Control
Local rulers/officials used
Foreign rulers/officials used
Some self rule to develop loyal future leaders
No self-rule, people need to be loyal to “parent” country
Based on European laws & local laws
Used only European laws, “paternalism”
Keep customs & traditions
Assimilate the people into “parent” country’s culture
Ex: Britain, US
Ex: France, Germany, Portugal
Positive effects of colonization: less local warfare, increased literacy, industrialization. Negative effects: lost culture, new diseases, famine

3. Case Study: Nigeria page 347-348
According to the map on page 347, how many major cultural groups were in Nigeria?
According to the map, what main resource did the Royal-Niger company control?
Read Gaining Control on page 347
3. How did the British gain control of S. Nigeria?
Read Managing the Colony (p 348)
4. How were the Hausa-Fulani different from the Igbo and Yoruba people?
5. Why did the British use indirect control?
6. Which groups accepted this method and which rejected it? Why?

4. Resisting Imperialism
Algeria: Algerians fought French rule for 50 years
French had superior weapons, movement fails
2. German East Africa: Germans force planting of cotton instead of food crops
Maji Maji believed magic water would stop German bullets, movement fails
3. Ethiopia: only successful movement against Italy
Menelik II buys weapons from France & Russia
Defeats Italians in 1896, keeps his country independent
Liberia, founded by former Af-American slaves also remains independent (US protection)

5. Resistance Movements in Africa 1881-1906 (page 349)
How many resistance movements happened?
What was the first resistance movement?
What was the last resistance movement?
What group had the shortest resistance movement after the 1800s?
What part of Africa had few resistance movements? 8 9 12 10 11

6. Imperialism in Africa Why did many Europeans favor colonialism?
Where was some of the worst African exploitation?
What did Joseph Conrad write?
What are the only countries to resist imperialism?