HISB51H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Uganda Protectorate, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Lecture 2 early colonial rule: cash crops, railways and indirect rule. Why build empire in sub-sahara africa: new markets for manufactured goods, search for raw materials for european industry. This approach enabled europe to colonize on the cheap . Peasant production in west africa: the production of raw materials in the region was left in the hands of. Africa peasant farmers: peasants were encouraged prioritize the production of cash crops for the. European market over food crops: eastern nigeria palm oil, gold coast (ghana) and south-western nigeria cocoa, cote d"ivoire and angola coffee. Peasant production and white settlement in british east africa: uganda. Completion of the uganda railway from mombasa to kisumu on the shores of lake victoria in nyanza in 1901. East african protectorate (renamed kenya in 1920) Territory viewed as a potential colony for white settlement. Highlands east of lake victoria nyanza had favorable climate and fertile soils. Region also served by newly completed uganda railway.
