the age of imperialism: africa. the “dark” continent “dark continent” – racist terminology...
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The Age of Imperialism:Africa
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THE “DARK” CONTINENT
• “Dark Continent” – racist terminology referred to both the peoples of Africa and their alleged ignorance
• In reality, Africa has always had diverse groups of people with their own unique cultures and histories– Civilizations– Languages– Religions
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Imperialism in Africa
• During the 18th and 19th centuries, Europeans began to explore the interior of the African continent
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Imperialism in Africa• Reasons for exploration in the 1700s & 1800s:– Nationalism – competition among European countries to
enhance their power, wealth, and prestige– Racism – ideas of white superiority and the need to “civilize”
the savages– Missionaries – spread Christianity to the heathens; some
were motivated by humanitarianism (improve lives of others)– Industrial Revolution – always looking for more sources of
raw materials and more markets to sell their manufactured goods
– Key countries involved: Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy
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Imperialism in Africa
• Reasons for exploration in Africa:– Atlantic slave trade was ending and Europeans saw the
great potential wealth of Africa in trade
– Africa was the “Dark Continent” – scientists and geographers wanted to explore and document what Africa contained
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Imperialism in Africa - Explorers• James Bruce – 1770 – Discovered source of Blue
Nile in Ethiopia
Mungo ParkMungo Park – 1795 – 1795Explored Niger River – his Explored Niger River – his reports spur more reports spur more explorationexploration
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Imperialism in Africa - Explorers
• 1840 – Johann Krapf & Johannes Rebmann– German missionaries
– 1st Europeans to see Mt. Kilimanjaro & Mt. Kenya
–Many people couldn’t believe there were snow-capped mountains in Africa
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Imperialism in Africa -
Explorers
• David Livingstone
– Scottish missionary, doctor
–Made 1st trip 1831
– Abolitionist – believed ending slavery was possible if new commerce was brought into Africa
• Made several trips into interior of Africa
• Guided 1st European crossing of Kalahari Desert
• By 1860 could claim to be 1st European to cross African continent
• Explored source of White Nile
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David Livingstone
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David Livingstone
• Disappeared in mid-1860s• Family feared he had died• NYC newspaper hires
Henry Morton Stanley to go to Africa and find him
• Stanley found Livingstone in 1871
• His trip kindled European interest in Africa
• Both men & the maps they made opened Africa for different reasons
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Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?
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Henry Morton Stanley• Spent time in Africa
exploring the Congo River
• His maps and knowledge of the area enabled King Leopold of Belgium to claim the area
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KARL PETERS (1856-1918)
• German explorer in Africa• Organized and propagandized for
Germany’s colonial expansion– Founded the Society for German
Colonization
• Acquired German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania)
• Convinced Otto von Bismarck to take over German East Africa and increase Germany’s colonies in Africa
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CECIL RHODES (1853-1902)
• British businessman and politician in southern Africa
• Made a fortune from African diamond mines
• Established South African Company– Land later became Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
• Prime minister of Cape Colony (1890-1896)– Wanted British control over South Africa
– Wanted Cape-to-Cairo Railroad
• Architect of British imperialism in southern Africa– Great Britain became leading colonial power in
southern Africa
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CECIL RHODES (1853-1902)
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European Attitudes Toward Africans• White superiority/black
inferiority• People to be exploited and
civilized – need to change their “pagan” or “heathen” ways
• Childlike, ignorant, cruel, superstitious
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The Scramble for Africa1870-1914
• Before 1885, European countries had minimal presence in Africa
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What two areas of Africa were not taken over and why?
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The Berlin Conference 1884-1885
Major powers met in Berlin to draw up rules for dividing the African continent – needed to prevent war among them
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The Berlin Conference Rules to Claim a Territory:
• Make a formal, public announcement of claim
• Effectively occupy territory (ex. using roads or railroads)
• Extend control from coast to interior
• Negotiate treaty with local peoples that would constitute a claim to sovereignty
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The Berlin Conference Rules
• Agreed traders and missionaries have access to interior
• Agreed Congo and Niger rivers were international waterways
• Agreed Christianity should be brought to all Africans
• Agreed what was left of slave trade should be destroyed
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The Berlin Conference
• “Africa was divided by Europeans for Europeans”
• Primary nations:– Great Britain– France– Belgium– Spain– Portugal– Germany– Italy
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Types of European Control
• British – Indirect Rule
• French – Direct Rule
• Belgians – Paternalism
• Portuguese – Assimilation
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KING LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM (1835-1909)
• Took over land in central Africa• Berlin Conference (1885)– Leopold’s control over Congo Free State
recognized by major powers• Belgian Congo (1908)– Leopold criticized for the cruelty of his rule in
the Congo– Leopold forced to sell Congo Free State to
Belgian government– Renamed Belgian Congo
• Created European race for African colonies – “Scramble for Africa”– Diamonds, foodstuffs, gold, ivory, rubber
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Belgian Congo
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Leopold the Snake
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African Resistance
• 1890 Chief Macemba in Tanganyika to German officer– “I have listened to your words but can find no
reason why I should obey you – I would rather die first. I have no relations with you and cannot bring it to my mind that you have given me so much as a pesa (small maount of money) of the quarter of a pesa or a needle or a thread….
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I look for some reason why I should obey you and find not the smallest. If it should be friendship that you desire, then I am ready for it, today and always. But to be your subject, that I cannot be…. If it should be war you desire, then I am ready, but never to your subject.”
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AFRICANS IN AFRICA
• By the time of the First World War (1914)– Only 2 independent African countries• Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
– Ruled by dynasty stretching back to at least the 13th century
– Last emperor was Haile Selassie, deposed in 1974
– Home to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church (strongly tied to Egyptian Coptic Church)
• Liberia– Formed by freed slaves under auspices of the United States
government
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African Resistance - Ethiopians• In 1887 & 1896 Ethiopian
army defeated Italians• Emperor Menelik II – created
modern state of Ethiopia, including modern military
• Ethiopia remained independent until 1930s when Benito Mussolini sought revenge and occupied Ethiopia
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African Resistance - Ashanti
• Built empire on West Africa’s Gold Coast
• By early 1800s, covered 150,000 square miles
• Included between 3-5 million people
• Strong king & bureaucracy
• Capital of Kumasi was bustling commercial center
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African Resistance - Ashanti
Clashed with British for 75 years
*1873 – full scale attack against Ashanti using modern weaponry and African allies
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BRITISH IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
• 1815 – British took Cape Colony from the Dutch– Boers moved north• Transvaal
– 1886 – gold discovered and British moved in
– 1881 and 1895 – British attempted to take Transvaal from the Boers
• Orange Free State
• Boer War (1899-1892)– Dutch led by President Paul Kruger
– British won
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UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
• Created in 1910
• Included Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal, and Transvaal
• Self-government
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BRITISH COLONIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
• Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)– Named for Cecil Rhodes
– North of Union of South Africa
• Bechuanaland (now Botswana)– 1885 – became a British protectorate
• Kenya– 1888 – became a British protectorate
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BRITISH IN NORTH AFRICA
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EUROPEANS IN EGYPT
• 1870s – with the Egyptian government bankrupt, the British and French took over financial control of the country– Egyptian monarchs (technically Ottoman
viceroys) ruled as puppet leaders• 1882 – Egyptian nationalist rebellion– France withdrew its troops– Great Britain left in control of Egypt
• Lord Cromer introduced reforms– De facto British protectorate
• Made official in 1914• Independence came in 1922
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BRITISH IN NORTHERN AFRICA
• Sudan– Area south of Egypt– Under Anglo-Egyptian control– Cotton needed for British textile mills– Entente Cordiale (1904)
• Great Britain controlled Sudan• France controlled Morocco
• Cape-to-Cairo Railroad– Idea of Cecil Rhodes– Would secure Great Britain’s dominance in Africa– Never completed – sections missing through modern Sudan and
Uganda
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Cape-to-Cairo Railway: Crossing over Victoria Falls
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FRENCH IN AFRICA• Algeria– 1830 – invasion – 1831 – annexation
• Tunis– 1881 – controlled by France
• Led Italy to join the Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary and Germany
• Morocco – 1881 – large part under French control– 1905 and 1911 – nearly sparked a European war between
France and Germany• 1906 – Algeciras Conference – Germany recognized French rights in
Morocco• 1911 – Agadir Crisis – Germany recognized French protectorate over
Morocco in exchange for part of France’s territory in the Congo
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FRENCH IN AFRICA
• Madagascar– 1896 – controlled by France
• Somaliland– 1880s – partly under French control
• West Africa– Late 1800s – largely under French control
• Sudan– 1898 – met Britain’s area of control and nearly went to
war– Entente Cordiale settled British-French disputes in Africa
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FRENCH IN AFRICA
• By World War I – 1914 – France controlled 3,250,000 square miles in Africa• 14 times the area of France
– France ruled 30,000,000 Africans• 75% of the population of France
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GERMANS IN AFRICA• Togoland (now Togo and Ghana)
• Cameroons (now Cameroon and Nigeria)
• Southwest Africa (now Namibia)
• East Africa (now Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania)
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ITALIANS IN AFRICA
• 1882-1896– Eritrea (along the Red Sea)
– Somaliland (along the Indian Ocean, part of today’s Somalia)
• 1896– Defeated in attempt to conquer Abyssinia
(Ethiopia)
• 1912–Won Tripoli from Ottoman Turks
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Effects of European Rule on Africa
• Improved Medicine– Positive
– Negative
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Effects of European Rule on Africa• Improved Medicine– Positive
– Negative
• Europeans stressed cash crop agriculture– Did not necessarily produce enough food for Africans
to eat
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Effects of European Rule on Africa
• Europeans made Africans into tenants instead of the tribe controlling the land
• Taxes were charged by Europeans – Africans had to work for the Europeans to pay the taxes
• Africans had to move to urban areas to find work – led to break up of families and clans
• Europeans separated traditional ethnic groups and put together traditional enemies when creating new boundaries
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Effects of European Rule on Africa
• Improved transportation and communication systems– Positive
– Negative