HIAF 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cash Crop, Cash Crop (Album), Sisal
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Hiaf 111 lecture 7 african labor and the colonial economy. Joys of motherhood fictional account based on real experiences: how do we get the colonies to pay for themselves, ta(cid:454)pa(cid:455)ers did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t a(cid:374)(cid:455) fi(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)ial (cid:271)urde(cid:374) fro(cid:373) (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ialis(cid:373) Rubber: belgian congo, liberia, german east africa, demand grew dramatically due to increasing mechanization and new products. Europe when it is made into chocolate: african producers seeing very little of the actual profit. Coffee: demand for coffee went up dramatically 19th/20th centuries, people working industrial jobs for long hours relied on caffeine. In order to get the final product, the beans have to be roasted, and this does not happen in africa: value goes up later, just like with cacao. Lots of places growing coffee that had never grown it before, even though the crop is indigenous to africa: different types of coffee from different places. Cotton: portuguese and french governments put emphasis on growing cotton in order to feed their textile industries.
