DO NOW: Complete the Do Now activity silently!

Imperialism in Africa

Inspirational History

• November 4, 1922 – The entrance to King Tut’s tomb is discovered

African Trade [15c-17c]

Pre-19c European Trade with Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_rHrGaoh4w

European Colonization

Africa

1890

Africa

in

1914

Scramble for Africa

• Also known as the Race for Africa

• All of this territory claiming by European nations caused a competitive rush for territory in Africa

• As a result, Germany initiated a conference in 1884 for European nations to regulate the rush for territory

New Imperialism

• Direct Control– Europeans felt Africans couldn’t run a country

– Paternalism – governed like a parent (provided for them but gave them no rights)

– Assimilation – thought that locals would adopt European culture and customs

• Indirect Control– Europeans used existing rulers to control colonies

When the European Colonialists came,they had the Bible, we had the land.They said, “Let’s close our eyes and Pray.”When we opened our eyes, we had the Bible, and they had the land.”

Randall Robinson

“The White Man’s Burden”???

Which one do you think is more accurate?

Europeans: Carving up a Continent

White Man’s Burden Analysis

• Rowmasters, please pass out the White Man’s Burden handout

• As a class we will read the famous Rudyard Kipling poem

• After the reading, take 5 minutes to read “Black Man’s” and “Poor Man’s Burden”

• How are the messages different? Who wrote them and who was their audience?

Legacy of Imperialism• Negative Effects

– Africans lost control of their land

– Thousands of African lives lost (disease, resistance, famine)

– Loss of African identity and culture

– Division of African continent

• Positive Effects– Reduced local warfare

– Improved standards of health & education

– Lifespans and literacy increased

Analyzing Political Cartoons

• What seems to be the attitude

Of the people at the table? Explain

Why you think so.

• Why does this political cartoon

Mimic what was going on in Africa?

Analyze the Political Cartoons in your packet and answer the

questions…

In the early 1880s, King Leopold II of Belgium paid for expeditions to the the Congo in the center of the African continent.

He claimed that, “millions of men still plunged in barbarism will be at the dawn of a better era.”

But he really wanted the Congo’s natural resources: copper, rubber and ivory. He forced the locals to work for almost nothing and had them killed and tortured if they complained or disobeyed.

We come in peace –

We swear!

Many Africans gave up traditional agriculture to work for European companies. Some worked on rubber plantations or in copper mines. Others built railroads to bring these natural resources to ports, where they could be shipped to Europe and used in factories.

By 1914, there were only two independent countries left in all of Africa.

What new countries were growing empires?

“We do not want to put anyone in the shade, but we also demand our place in the sun” –Germany Where do these lines come from???

Many Africans fought back:

“I have listened to your words but can find no reason why I should obey you – I would rather die first… If you desire friendship, then I am ready for it, today and always. But I cannot be your subject. If you desire war, then I am ready.” -Chief Machemba (1890)

What do you think happened?

Remember?

“Whatever happens, we have gotthe Maxim gun, and they have not.”

When Africans rebelled, Europeans killed thousands of Yao, Zulu, Asante, Shona, Herero, and Maji-Maji people.

Ethiopia was the only exception…

Emperor Haile Selassie I

“Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings of Ethiopia and Elect of God”

“Ras Tafari”

Halie Selassie’s cousin, Emperor Menelik II, had modernized Ethiopia by hiring Europeans to build roads, bridges and schools. He bought weapons from Great Britain to fight the Italian invaders, and defeated the Italians in 1896.

When Italy invaded again in 1935, Haile Selassie I made a famous speech to the League of Nations.

Bob Marley used his speech as lyrics to a song, “War”

“That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned:

That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation;

That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes;

That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race;

That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained…”

“And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed…

Until that day, the African continent will not know peace.

We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil.”

Haile Selassie was an example for the rest of Africa. Today, every African nation is free and independent.

Yet there are still many problems in Africa today. From looking at these maps, can you think of one reason why?

WHII.15: Identify major developments of African history in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

•Africa’s interaction with imperialism•Agricultural changes and new patterns of employment•The origins of African nationalism

HOMEWORK: Use your Do Now, your notes, and the lyrics to Bob Marley’s “War” to explain how European imperialism affected African Nationalism.

Extra Credit: Make a connection to Napoleon!