West Africa Research Paper

European military intervention and empowerment was a catastrophe toward African societies, specifically in West Africa. In the late nineteenth century, the Asante people dealt with first encounter against the British over palm oil producing region. The Asante power has gotten weaker with their allied abandoning them. The Asante allied joined forces with enemy British to conquer their territory and control society. In the late eighteenth century, British abolish slavery for the Industrial Revolution, but technically slavery was still going on. Abina's case was trigger by numerous altercation between Africa and European because colonialism for trading goods, and British abolishing slavery, and negative interaction between West Africa and

Industrial Revolution and the development of technology and medicines like steamship and quinine, enable powerful military for Britain (120). The first skirmish between British and Asante’s people. Asante’s power were impregnable against British people. For example, the British power could not withstand the damage the Asante people were placing on them, nor challenge their power (120). Asante’s people just made matters worse by defeating them in first battle. British want revenge, palm oil rich land, and control their society. In order for British achieve goal ruling and taking over; they need allied for support. The Asante people were allied with the Aman and Cape Coast people who eventually turn against them to join forces with British. British gain enormous power with current allied support and make Asante’s power weaker. Troops were sent out from British and current allies to Asante state to force them out of territory (120). The Asante people lost the battle and must retreat to avoid any more losses of troops. British won the battle and immediately started to take control of the Asante colony, as well as their allied. With the control of town Cape Coast, British abolish slavery (122). But if a slave owner own a slave, yet British government will not act to take the slave owner to court. In which, Abina’s took her case to court but