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Examples Of European Imperialism And African Resistance

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Charlie Alfond European Exploitation and African Resistance May 17 Mrs Myers History 9 During the late 1800s, Europe was rapidly industrializing. As factories churned out goods in more efficient and cheaper ways, European nations experienced a period of tremendous economic growth. Over time, European countries depleted their resources and began looking elsewhere since they had become dependent on them for their industrial growth. It wasn’t long before they set their sights on Africa’s riches. This ushered in a new era of imperialism in Africa. Europeans significantly exerted political and economic power over Africans' lives through colonization and exploitation, yet Africans also demonstrated agency through armed rebellion, adaptation to the colonial society, …show more content…

These tactics were part of a strategy to indoctrinate African students to convince them to more easily accept European colonial rule. These teaching methods impacted African students’ lives beyond the school day. For example, an African boy named Nweke left his village in order to go to one of these newly structured schools. There, he was taught about European lifestyles as well as why African ceremonies and rituals were inadequate. As a result of these teachings, when Nweke was prompted to take part in a customary African ceremony upon returning to his old village, he declined to do so. This example illustrates the effectiveness of European strategies to impose their own beliefs on Africans, by forcibly converting them, and leaving behind traditional African customs that were widely respected and observed. Furthermore, to ensure their control over Africans’ lives, Europeans enforced a law that sent detectives to spy on Africans' homes in an attempt to “criminally frame Africans who sought national independence.” This was an invasion of privacy as well as an attempt to silence the people. Doing so gave the Europeans

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