HIAF 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Only Time, Northeast Africa, Otto Von Bismarck
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Hiaf 111 lecture 5 european invasions and the partition" of/scramble for africa, ca. Introduction: by 1900, almost the whole continent is under european colonial power, by 1902, over 90% of the continent was under the control of european powers, france, england, spain, portugal, belgium, germany, italy. Sudan originally resisted british occupation, but eventually lost. Why africa: better transportation, easier to get to the interior through building railroads and the use of steamships, anti-malarial drugs, quinine, tension/competition between european countries, humanitarian measures, civilizing. Stopping the slave trade: especially important argument for the british, but, when colonialism started, many powers did not end slavery, recognized that slavery was a part of the economic backbone of the places they colonized. If they (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted to e(cid:374)sure profits/(cid:272)ash (cid:272)rops, they did(cid:374)(cid:859)t atta(cid:272)k the i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) of slavery: white (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)urde(cid:374) Imperial aspirations: extreme drive to conquer and extract wealth from african societies, ex: leopold, make a name for belgium, and for himself, wealth.
