Many have argued that imperialism and colonialization is the same thing since they involve a practice of an invasion of a region by a more dominant and superior country, but that is not the case. Colonization is a process by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components. It is an idea, custom or practice peculiar to a colony. Imperialism on the other hand is the forceful extension of a nation’s authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of the economy and /or political dominance over other nations.
Colonialism is when a country conquers and rules over another region by means of exploiting the resources of the conquered country for the benefit of the conqueror. Imperialism means creating an empire expand into the neighboring regions and expanding its dominance far. The term Colonialism is derived from the word “Celere” which means to “inhabit” while Imperialism was derived from the word from the word empire, it described an imperial government that was
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Imperialism and Colonization have played a very big role in shaping up the world. Looking at some of the advantages and disadvantages of these two practices a few only stands out: for instance imperialism helped to shape Africa politically and culturally by having the Europeans’ economic and technological power reshape their country. It tried to help Africa become a global economy as both a supplier of raw materials and purchaser of manufactured goods, to name a few. One of the biggest disadvantages of imperialism is cultural imperialism; many invaded countries lost their identities because they were forced to adapt the culture of the dominating