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Good Afternoon!!!!

Good Afternoon!!!!. NVC Warm-Up: Effects of Imperialism West Africa Before the French Essential Question : What was West Africa like before the French arrived?. Warm-Up: Effects. Using your DBQ from Block Day, write down THREE negative effects of Imperialism in Africa. A French Colony.

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Good Afternoon!!!!

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  1. Good Afternoon!!!! • NVC • Warm-Up: Effects of Imperialism • West Africa Before the French Essential Question: What was West Africa like before the French arrived?

  2. Warm-Up: Effects • Using your DBQ from Block Day, write down THREE negative effects of Imperialism in Africa.

  3. A French Colony • France given West Africa as part of Berlin Conference • Direct Control • Paternalism: France rules over West Africa “for its own good” • “parent/child” relationship • Assimilation: Africans adopt French culture and become like the French

  4. West Africa Before the French Mansa Musa I of the Mali Empire West Africa home to two great Islamic empires from 1230-1600 AD Mali Empire “a refuge of scholarly and righteous folk, a resting place of saints, and a meeting place of caravans” Songhai Empire “The Songhai had great rulers, a powerful army, and countless numbers of territories that were under their ruling. The amount of territory they controlled was more than any other African empire to date."

  5. Modern Mali • 1960 Mali gains independence from France • Struggles with military dictatorships • 1991 March Revolution leads to democracy • January 2012 military coup d'état • in chaos radical Islamist groups take over 2/3 of Mali

  6. January 11, 2013: France Intervenes • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpCa9vSc4Q

  7. December 2013: Central African Republic • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25326008

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