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Colonialism and the African Experience - Coggle Diagram
Colonialism and the African Experience
European process of reaching/conquering the continent---
The Scramble for Africa---"dark continent"
19th C---1881-1914
Britain and France---major influences
The Berlin Conference 1884-1885
Reasons for Europe's Interest in Africa
Ali Mazrui’s paper---3 broad categories
explore the 'dark continent'
scientific knowledge about the unknown
exotic land
land, lakes, mountains---
Religion---Western Christianity---ethnocentricism
Missionaries were sent to Africa.
military campaigns
schools, health camps, social service centres---
Binary---Us and Them
Imperialism
a. political
rivalry and competition among the European nations---
b. economic
implement the Three C’s: Christianity, Commerce, and Civilization.
c. cultural
White---Black (Race)
Superior---Inferior (Cultrure)
Cultural Arrogance of the Europeans
"The White man's burden"--- 'uplift' or 'civilize'
The "Civilizing" Missions
British
Segregation
schools, hospitals, parks, bus stops, public restrooms, buses---
according to diff racial groups---British were given priority
power dynamic---powerful: powerless
housing---residence
political power---British
"Britishness"---culture + ancestry
French
assimilation
looked down upon Africans and their culture
"to think French"---"to be French"
educational system
participation in political matters
"Frenchness"---culture
Portuguese
segregation + assimiliation
ethnocentric---racist
promoted the mingling of cultures
social policy
one-way: Portuguese men and African women
consequences: the society was divided into diff stratas: Portuguese, mixed-race, African
two subgroups: 1. assimilados (assimilated) 2. indigenas (natives)
Belgian
violence
Leopold II
evolution---evolve from barbaric, savage culture to civilization
evolues
education, good behaviour, opposition to your own culture
Binarism: Us and Them
Civilized: Uncivilized
Primitive
Barbaric
Uneducated
Uncultured
Black
provided justification for the European presence in Africa