HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Assimilado, Sub-Saharan Africa, Indirect Rule
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Vocabulary: alienated land, volu , indirect rule, king leopold, assimilados, afrikaners, apartheid. To examine the overall impact of the colonial experience in sub-saharan and south africa. To compare and contrast the approach of several european countries towards their colonial possessions. Berlin conference (1884 1885: once europeans laid claim to africa they began colonizing with the assumption that europeans are the best, and that if it"s good for. Subordination: african people were at the whims of their european overlords. Conscription: conscription for war and labour. In the congo, which was a very extreme case, if they didn"t work they were murdered, mutilated, or whipped with a chicotte. Europe, why should the colonies be deprived of it? france: colonized sub-saharan africa (below the sahara desert) Ghana gold coast during the colonial era: british wanted to find a group in ghana to govern it for them.
