African Resistance

2. African Resistance • Africans resisted European attempts to colonize their lands • Europeans had high amount of superior arms • Africans could raise an army and would surprise the Europeans with their military ability • All attempts would ultimately fail

3. Resistance Continued • Algeria resisted French rule for almost 50 years • Led by Samori Toure who fought the French for 16 years • East Africa resisted Germans in planting cash crops • Maji Maji Rebellion

4. African Resistance • East Africans had a belief in magic water as there main weapon • Germans had machine gun posts • Magic water does not work and the Germans kill 75,000 Africans • 150,000 died of famine

5. Ethiopia Able to Resist • Menelik II emperor of Ethiopia 1889 • He played the British, French and Italians against each other • He built up arms • Signs a treaty with Italy • Italy changes the language of the treaty

6. Ethiopia Able to Resist • Menelik II declares war on Italy • Ethiopia defeats the Italians at the Battle of Adowa in 1896 • Menelik II continued to collect weapons for future foreign problems

7. Effects of Colonial RuleNegative • Africans lost control of their land • Europeans brought new diseases (Smallpox) • Africans lost their traditions and culture • Homes and property transferred away • New boundaries put into place creating problems with the Africans • Divided African groups and forced rival groups to be together

8. Effects on Colonial RulePositive • Reduced local warfare • Some places saw improved sanitation, hospitals and schools • Life spans increased and literacy rates improved • African products had value internationally • Railroad, dams and telephone & telegraph lines were put into place