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Agenda Wednesday, July 6

Agenda Wednesday, July 6. Lecture: Resistance to colonial incursions Discussion: Ekechi and Stilwell. Responses to colonial incursions. Battle of Adwa, 1896. Overview. ‘Pacification’, 1880s-1914 1920 in the case of British Somaliland Use of alliances

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Agenda Wednesday, July 6

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  1. AgendaWednesday, July 6 • Lecture: Resistance to colonial incursions • Discussion: Ekechi and Stilwell

  2. Responses to colonial incursions Battle of Adwa, 1896.

  3. Overview • ‘Pacification’, 1880s-1914 • 1920 in the case of British Somaliland • Use of alliances • Gradual spread of colonial authority • Non-violence?

  4. Resistance/Collaboration Paradigm • Developed in the 1960s within nationalist historiography. • Based on binary structures- resistance/collaboration. • Connected to anti-colonial movements in the 1950s and 1960s.

  5. ‘Primary’ and ‘Secondary’ resistance • Primary, 1880s-1890s: defensive, existing elites, secular. • Secondary: Offensive, ‘new’ men, religious dimensions.

  6. Accommodation Paradigm • Counters resistance/collaboration. • Based on notions of agency. • Explores non-violent forms of resistance. • Seeks a ‘holistic’ view of colonial society

  7. SamoriToure and the MandikeEmpre • Samori’s empire coalesced in 1878. • Struggled against neighbouring Tukolor Empire, led by AhmaduSeku. • France inflated this rivalry.

  8. SamoriToure, cont’d • 1887 Treaty • First French attack, 1891. • Second attack in 1896. • Surrender and exile in 1898.

  9. Chimurenga • 1888 Treaty between Cecil Rhodes (British South African Company) and the Ndebele King, Lobengula. • 1896 uprising, Mlimo • Attack at Bulawayo

  10. Bugandan/British alliance • Bugandan civil war, 1870s and 1880s. • Religious factions: Protestants, Catholics, Muslims • Deposition of Mwanga, 1888. • Re-acquisition of power, 1889 • ‘Pacification’ of Bunyoro. • Enlargement of Bugandan territory. • Rebellion of Mwanga, 1897, and exile. Kabaka Mwanga, 1884-88, 1889-97.

  11. Tanganyika before MajiMaji • Nominal rule of the Sultan of Zanzibar, 1698-1885. • Trade of spices, cloth, guns, ivory and slaves. • 1898 tax on all adult males. • 1902 forced cotton cultivation. • 1905 drought.

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