European Imperialization Of African Society Before Imperialism

Europe viewed Africa’s land as a great opportunity to expand. They viewed Africa as insecure and easy to take over as they migrated into any areas with no remorse for their lives. They took rightfully owned land by the Africans and made it their own unrightfully which ultimately lead to the decline of Africa socially, politically and economically.
Africa socially before imperialism was very diverse and well constructed. They had social classes that helped differentiate between higher citizens and lower citizens. People viewed Africa as very weak socially and believed that the Europeans helped stable them. But in reality, they were diverse in culture and classes which overall made them very balanced before Europe. After Europe had imperialized, their social structures broke as
They had laws in place that kept the various countries in order as well as a well built government’s that kept order. They had various well-equipped leaders in each country that were qualified for the job and well voting systems that gave the citizens a voice.
After the Europeans entered Africa, they not only took over the social classes, the took over the individual political systems. The Europeans again believed no blacks should be leaders so therefore they overthrown the already established leaders and put their own laws and practices into place. For example, they often thrown leaders into jail for no secure reasons such as Nelson Mandela. Again Europe turned Africa from a already stabled and established continent to a divided un-structured warland.
Economically, Africa struggled before imperialism. They had problems finding ways to equally disperse money which therefore lead to some parts of Africa to battle hunger. The jobs they provided also did not pay the employees well which made it hard for citizens to live stable lives. Families battled poverty as well as the majority’s outcomes were greater than their