Going Solo, Roald Dahl's memoir of his work in East Africa and his service in the RAF, covers the buildup to World War II and his involvement in it. In the book mention is made of the British colonization in Africa. The British colonization in Africa plays a large role in the memoir as Dahl wouldn't have been in Africa if it wasn’t for the British colonization. Dahl talks about the job that he would be doing there that involves the British colonizing in Africa." Especially if your contract with the Shell Company said the you were to stay out there for three years at stretch." (Dahl, 1). In fact, British colonization is important because Dahl wouldn't have been in Africa if Britain didn’t think Africa would have helped their economic, political, …show more content…
" The imperatives of capitalist industrialization—including the demand for assured sources of raw materials, the search for guaranteed markets and profitable investment outlets—spurred the European scramble and the partition and eventual conquest of Africa. Thus making their economic problems a primary motivation for European intrusion "(Iweriebor). This piece of evidence shows one of the three reasons why Britain decided to colonize in Africa. Also, without this reason Roald Dahl wouldn't have went to Africa and he also wouldn't have been able to write a memoir about his time in Africa. Britain thought that by colonizing in Africa their economic problems as well as their political problems would be solved. " Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain were competing for power within European power politics. One way to demonstrate national preeminence was through the acquisition of territories around the world, including Africa" (Iweriebor). The evidence given here shows that being able to gain political power is what drove Britain to colonize in Africa. If Britain didn’t have this problem Dahl probably wouldn’t went to Africa and experienced the things that he