DNC 268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Racial Hierarchy, Muhammad Ahmad, Ronald Robinson
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World history: lecture 4: colonisation 19th & 20th century, in 1914 -> 84% of the world was colonised or had been colonised in the past, also expansion in usa or russia -> however, mainly africa, Australia and southeast asia: southern africa: a history of violence, invaded first by zulus, then dutch and lastly by the british, british south africa company -> rhodes, wars -> fights against zulus, anglo-boer wars (1880-81; 1899-1902: europeans would go around the world to measure people"s heads -> darwinism, people tried to resist against the colonial authorities -> foot dragging, dissimulation, desertion, false compliance, pilfering, feigned ignorance, slander, arson, sabotage, etc. Women"s war in nigeria (1929) -> women from. King (also invent a whole history to back up the appointment) to rule for the colonisers: e. g. 1935 restoration of the king of asante without bureaucracy: from collaboration to agency, idea -> changing african rule over time -> ronald.
