AAAD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Market Economy, Execution Unit
26 Jun 2015
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Early explorers and missionaries very important for finding previous information about. Britain, france, and germany main colonial powers (until 1918) Ethiopia and liberia are only countries named by ppl. Things eu"s brought to africa: artificial boundaries, new nations, most important political legacy c. Identities shaped by outsiders: market economy, profit, barter system to profit, first aspect to change african life, africans brought produce--plantations, agri, mining, slavery, economic. Infrastructure: rr, telecommunications, roads (for eu use, useful for africans also, brought ppl together, unifying factor, structured government, brought africans their system of gov"t. Many young men want to become elders, not occupation. In typical meeting: weapons put aside, oldest opens meeting, eldest given priority, respect and courtesy, no interruptions, elegance/eloquence of elder when speaking. Persuasion skills: elder sums up discussion b. eu brought separation of powers. Africans adopted eu system of gov"t without any choice. Factors that helped toward movement to independence: interwar years (1920-1940)
