HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Cecil Rhodes, Culture Hero, Menelik Ii
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Mapping the way: map out trade routes, naming places, conquest, invasion routes, mapping resources, population centres exploitation, visible symbol of empire. Europe"s scramble for africa : europeans competing to gain resources and land last quarter of 19th century, countries without large empires before, began to take a stronghold in africa, seemingly so much land for the taking. North africa: french in algeria selling grain to france (slow in paying) West africa: colonial outposts ever since slave trade, west african trading company economic motives were large part of expansion, berlin in congo (natural resources) Southern africa: dutch netherlands, then british come in. Important since discovery of diamonds: boer wars, wide range of colonies. Rebellion and resistance: african people disadvantaged in terms of firepower and arms (sometimes acquired from trade, capture, slave trade, maxim guns early machine guns. Resisting expansion: samori toure against the french: education from french, lead large warfare against french rule, eventually defeated, culture hero of resistance against french.
