HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - White Africans Of European Ancestry, Cash Crop, Company Rule In India
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Semester 2 lecture 1: wednesday january 12th, 2012. In africa there were 3 types of colonial administrations. Favoured by the british to administer the territories. Is the cheaper way to rule a colony because you do not need to establish a strong presence appointing a governor general to represent the queen. Introduced by lord luggard in northern nigeria but was then copied and spread to other parts of africa: direct form of administration. Used by the french for the greater part of their time spent in. Colonial parties were part and parcel of the fronts. Should behave like the french and speak impeccable french: company rule. Those business groups together were appointed by the government to gather money to the colonies. Cannot use just one kind of system to define colonialism in africa. Colonialism had different effects and impacts on the ground and different implications. Colonialism in african arrived very late: africa was not colonized until around 1884-1885.
