AFAS 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gunboat Diplomacy
30 Aug 2018
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- Euro-African market was a buyer’s market in raw materials and a seller’s market in
manufacturers
- Europe controlled the whole market prices, what would be sold, etc.
- consequently, Europe got richer, and Africa poorer
- result was cultural deterioration in Africa
- although slave trade is not legal today, in some way it still exists because European factories
have just been brought to Africa
- African resources and effort are employed with not listing reward to her, for the permanent
profit and power of the West
- Africa elites have to serve as agents of imperialist exploitation of Africa or be overthrown by
others more willing to do so
- must impose enterprise onto Africa in order to keep independence
- liberation is task imposed by conquest and colonization
- Europe interfered with the sovereignty of African sates and intruded on their internal affairs
- gunboat diplomacy initiated in 1810
- trade and shooting wars erupted when African traders resisted European displacement
- Bonny 1836, British tried to interfere to stop slave trade of West African Coast independence
challenged by British naval power
- used repression of slave trade as an excuse to exert naval force
- European invasion of Africa climaxed in 1885
- Berlin Treaty set out ways to conquer and divide Africa
- 1884 Anglo-Opobo treaty excluded European traders from the island markets
- Jaja was detained by the British because of his objection and found guilty of obstructing
British trade
Document Summary
Euro-african market was a buyer"s market in raw materials and a seller"s market in manufacturers. Europe controlled the whole market prices, what would be sold, etc. Consequently, europe got richer, and africa poorer. Although slave trade is not legal today, in some way it still exists because european factories have just been brought to africa. African resources and effort are employed with not listing reward to her, for the permanent profit and power of the west. Africa elites have to serve as agents of imperialist exploitation of africa or be overthrown by others more willing to do so. Must impose enterprise onto africa in order to keep independence. Liberation is task imposed by conquest and colonization. Europe interfered with the sovereignty of african sates and intruded on their internal affairs. Trade and shooting wars erupted when african traders resisted european displacement.
