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Managing and Resisting Imperialism in African Colonies

Explore how European powers managed and faced resistance in their colonies in West Africa, focusing on French West Africa and British Nigeria. Learn about the methods of imperialism, effects on culture, and notable resistance movements in Algeria, German East Africa, and Ethiopia.

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Managing and Resisting Imperialism in African Colonies

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  1. How did imperialist countries manage their colonies? Managing & Resisting Imperialism French West Africa British Nigeria

  2. Imperial Management • Europeans developed two methods to manage colony • Positive effects of colonization: less local warfare, increased literacy, industrialization. Negative effects: lost culture, new diseases, famine

  3. Case Study: Nigeria page 347-348 • According to the map on page 347, how many major cultural groups were in Nigeria? • According to the map, what main resource did the Royal-Niger company control? Read Gaining Control on page 347 3. How did the British gain control of S. Nigeria? Read Managing the Colony (p 348) 4. How were the Hausa-Fulani different from the Igbo and Yoruba people? 5. Why did the British use indirect control? 6. Which groups accepted this method and which rejected it? Why?

  4. Resisting Imperialism • Algeria: Algerians fought French rule for 50 years • French had superior weapons, movement fails 2. German East Africa: Germans force planting of cotton instead of food crops • Maji Maji believed magic water would stop German bullets, movement fails 3. Ethiopia: only successful movement against Italy • Menelik II buys weapons from France & Russia • Defeats Italians in 1896, keeps his country independent • Liberia, founded by former Af-American slaves also remains independent (US protection)

  5. Resistance Movements in Africa 1881-1906 (page 349) • How many resistance movements happened? • What was the first resistance movement? • What was the last resistance movement? • What group had the shortest resistance movement during the 1900s? • What part of Africa had few resistance movements? 8 9 12 10 11

  6. Imperialism in Africa • Why did many Europeans favor colonialism? • Where was some of the worst African exploitation? • What did Joseph Conrad write? • What are the only countries to resist imperialism? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJe1W_HIWmA

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