1. European
Colonialism in
Africa

2. African Trade [15c-17c]

3. Pre-19c European Trade with Africa

4. European Motives For Colonization European Nationalism
Source for
Raw
Materials
Missionary Activity
Industrial
Revolution
European
Motives
For Colonization
Markets for Finished Goods
Military & Naval Bases
Social Darwinism
European Racism
Places to Dump Unwanted/ Excess Popul.
Humanitarian Reasons
Soc. & Eco. Opportunities
“White Man’s Burden”

5. European Explorers in Africa
19c  Europeans Map the Interior of Africa

6. 19c
Mysteries
& Adventures

7. 1. Where Is Dr. Livingstone?
Doctor Livingstone, I Presume?
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Dr. David Livingstone

8. European Explorations in mid-19c: “The Scramble for Africa”

9. 2. What is the Source of the Nile?
Sir Richard Burton
John Speke

10. Africa
1890

11. Africa in
1914

12. Social Darwinism

13. The “White Man’s Burden”
Rudyard Kipling

14. The “White Man’s Burden”?

15. The Belgian Congo:
"King Leopold's
Ghost"

16. The Congo Free State or The Belgian Congo

17. King Leopold II: (r – 1909)

18. Harvesting Rubber

19. Punishing “Lazy” Workers

20. 5-8 Million Victims! (50% of Popul.)
It is blood-curdling to see them (the soldiers) returning with the hands of the slain, and to find the hands of young children amongst the bigger ones evidencing their bravery...The rubber from this district has cost hundreds of lives, and the scenes I have witnessed, while unable to help the oppressed, have been almost enough to make me wish I were dead... This rubber traffic is steeped in blood, and if the natives were to rise and sweep every white person on the Upper Congo into eternity, there would still be left a fearful balance to their credit Belgian Official

21. Belgium’s Stranglehold on the Congo

22. Leopold’s Conscience??

23. Thesis #1Throughout history, colonization has been a main concern of many nations. In the 1880s, there was a great desire by European powers to colonize and control Africa in order to gain resources. This became known as the Scramble for Africa. The hypocritical actions of the European powers led to an extreme contempt for the Europeans among the African people, which triggered violent rebellions that eventually helped lead Africa to liberty later on hroughout history, colonization has been a main concern of many nations.

24. Thesis #2
“For years after the Berlin Conference, various European powers raced to occupy and colonize land in Africa. It was a time of growth for Europe, but what was it for Africa? Africa’s fate was being decided for it by the European invader. Not all Africans just stood by and watched, however. There was a wide range of actions and reactions to the Scramble for Africa from the Africans themselves, from giving in peacefully to fighting back with all of their might.”

25. Thesis #3
In the early 20th century European countries met to carve up Africa. They did not care about what it did to Africa, but cared about dominating and getting resources. “Although the European powers felt as though they were doing great good in the African continent during the Scramble for Africa, the actions of the Africans was that of rebellion and reactions showing much determination to rid Africa of the unjust Europeans

27. Berlin Conference of
Another point of view? 

28. Berlin Conference of

29. European Colonization/Decolonization Patterns
Berlin Conference of

30. Leopold Defends Himself in Paris, 1903
King Leopold (to Loubert) : How about that!  John Bull claims that I tortured, robbed and murdered more than he did Loubert : No, your Majesty, that's impossible .

31. The Struggle
For
South Africa

32. Dutch Landing in 1652

33. Shaka Zulu (1785 – 1828)

34. Boers Clash With the Xhosa Tribes
Boer Farmer

35. The Great Trek,
Afrikaners

36. Diamond Mines
Raw Diamonds

37. The Struggle for South Africa

38. “The Colossus of Rhodes”
Cecil Rhodes ( )
“The Colossus of Rhodes”

39. Uncle Sam: “The Colossus of the Pacific” (A Parody)

40. Paul Kruger ( )

41. Boer-British Tensions Increase
1877 – Britain annexed the Transvaal.
1883 – Boers fought British in the Transvaal and regained its independence Paul Kruger becomes President.
1880s – Gold discovered in the Transvaal

42. The Boer War:
The British
The Boers

43. A Future British Prime Minister
British Boer War Correspondent, Winston Churchill

44. The Struggle for South Africa