Africa Colonization

OK…So colonialism was a bad

deal for the African nations

1870’s to 1950’sEurope

Ouch!

A three month meeting

completely destroyed Africa for

centuries.

• The Berlin Conference - 1884

Who wants what?

And here’s why…

No representatives

from Africa at the

Conference

Europeans

agreed to divide

up Africa

• Groups that didn’t get along

or spoke different languages

were now part of the same

“country”

• Land occupied by unified

groups was divided up

among two or three

“countries.”

• Physical barriers divided

“countries” in two

Really Stupid Boundaries

Europeans Exploited Resources• Raw materials were taken out of the country with little

or no compensations to the Africans

• No factories were built because everything was

shipped to Europe for processing.

• Africa was seen as a market for European

Goods

I’m

going

to be

rich!

• Nationalism in Europe

• Rivalries among European countries led to

a race to see who could obtain the most

colonies

• “White Man’s Burden”

• Spread Christianity… perhaps even

European Culture

• The “scramble for Africa” saw each

European power trying to establish colonies

in Africa

Transportation systems

only served the purposes of

the colonial powers

• Railroads ship from

the interior to the

coast and do not

connect with other

“countries.”

Unequal Treatment of Africans

by the Europeans• Europeans own most of

the resources

• They have prevented

Africans from becoming

educated.

• They have prevented

Africans from voting

and holding office.

But then,

SOMETHING

HAPPENS

I wonder what

it could be???

1945 - WWII is over

What is Europe

like now, and

how will it affect

the ability of

colonial powers

to deal with their

holdings in

Africa?

I think

he’s in

over

his head!

Europe

Africa

What do you think is going to

happen in Africa???????

INDEPENDENCE

WOW!

Everything is HUNKY

DORY!

•¡NOT!• How do you think colonialism is

going to impact the way these

“countries” make countries out

of themselves?

Hey, wait a

minute!!!! Why

don’t they go back

to being they way

they used to be?

Boundaries

• have gained the legitimacy of time.

Resources

–over exploited

–owned by foreigners

–no factories to industrialize

and no $$$ to build them

OOPS! Now what do we do?

• boundaries create BIG problems

• they don’t have any money or much

prospect of making money to fix problems

• railroads don’t make trading with other

countries very easy

• remaining Europeans are the minority but

try to hold on to power in some cases

• Africans are inexperienced at running

complex governments

What do you think????• How did the colonial

powers view

themselves? Why?

• How did the African

cultures view

themselves prior to

colonialism? How

about now?

• How does this relate

to being in the circle

and being outside of

it?