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Imperialism in Africa

Imperialism in Africa. African Geography. North Africa: Sahara Desert Mediterranean Islamic Early 1800s- Under Ottoman Control. West Africa. Early 1800s, Islam spreads Trade with Europe Islamic A Center for Slave Trade. East Africa. Southern Africa. Zulus Boers.

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Imperialism in Africa

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  1. Imperialism in Africa

  2. African Geography • North Africa: • Sahara Desert • Mediterranean • Islamic • Early 1800s- Under Ottoman Control

  3. West Africa • Early 1800s, Islam spreads • Trade with Europe • Islamic • A Center for Slave Trade East Africa

  4. Southern Africa • Zulus • Boers

  5. Europeans Arrive- 1800s • Explorers • Explore Interior Regions • Map Rivers • Missionaries • Followed Explorers • Spreading Christianity • Built Schools and Medical Clinics • Paternalism: Treating people like they are children

  6. Dr. David Livingstone • Explorer and Missionary • Opposed Slave Trade • Henry Stanley Searches for Him

  7. “Magnificent African Cake” • Scramble for Africa • Leopold sends Stanley to Explore Congo Basin • Rest of Europe Follows • Berlin Conference-1884 • No Africans Present • Rules for Colonizing Africa • Colonized Within 20yrs

  8. Cecil Rhodes 1853-1902 • Came when only17yrs old • By 40, one of the richest men in the world. • Started Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) • Helped Britain expand its Empire

  9. Suez Canal-1869 • Shortened trip between London and Bombay- by 5,150 miles! • British Bought the Canal Shares • Egyptian Nationalists Revolted • Britain makes Egypt a Protectorate

  10. Colonial Resistance • Resistance Leaders: • SamoriToure • YaaAsantewaa • Nehanda • The Madhi • Ethiopia Survives • Menelik II • Nationalism Again!

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