Instead of completely giving up, the Africans would fight back in war even though they were killed every time (Doc 4). An African was lucky if he had an old rusty gun, but they were going against rifles and machine guns. Samuel Maherero, a leader of the Herero people sends a motivational letter to another African leader. In the letter he tells the other African leader “not to hold aloof from the uprising, but to make his voice heard so that all of Africa may take up arms against the Germans” (Doc 7). He wants to see his people fight for themselves and die fighting for them. *** During the Maji Maji Rebellion in German East Africa, the chiefs gave magic medicine to a medicine man. This “medicine would give invulnerability, acting in such a way that enemy bullets would fall from their targets like raindrops from a greased body” (Doc 8). Africans were still fearful but on some accounts did try to better their…
The Ethiopian painting of the Battle of Adowa in 1896 where Ethiopians were victorious over Italian troops is also not clear on why the Ethiopians fought back (doc.5). Another document on why the Ethiopians fought back so vigorously would be more helpful. In a lette On the other r written from an African leader to another African leader, he describes how German invaders killed on the Congo River in 1877, Mojimba, an Africna chief, describes how the British had overcame Africans with guns n a lette On the other r written from an African leader to another African leader, he describes how German invaders killed one of his men everyday and it is obvious that change ropean intruders as a much stronger force than themselves and lost all their ties to older tradition through fear. In 1886, the British government commissioned and administered the development of the which was signed by many African rulers (doc.1). These Africans gave in but the document does not specify if they gave in because they lost sights of the nation they were once before. Another document of the reason why these Africans gave in would reveal if they saw the European threat as a to their…
Because of the Berlin Conference in Europe, the scramble for African land ended up colonizing inhabited areas in Africa, destroying native nations and their traditional culture. During this time, African natives had many different reactions. Some wanted to cooperate peacefully, others wanted to withstand European pressure, but most of all, most Africans wanted to react violently and rebel against the Europeans.…
The Berlin Conference of 1986-1985 was Africa's undoing in many ways. During the conference, European Nations decided which lands in Africa they would take over. However, this was done without the presence of an African representative. The race of these European powers to colonize and occupy Africa is termed, the “Scramble for Africa”. Africa’s inhabitants responded with anger and violence as is shown in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth document. On the other hand, some tried to come to an agreement or to keep peace with the Europeans, which is seen in the second and third document; and the first document shows the Europeans attempted to gain control without conflict. Due to the Africans lack of modern weapons, they were often defeated.…
The British wanted the fertile soils, diamond mines, and gold deposits of South Africa, but the Zulu tribe stood in their way. The British sent 30,000 troops led by Lord Chelmsford to battle the Zulu nation. As a result, 15,000 Zulus died reducing them to a small quantity. In the final battle in 1899, the British completely wiped out the Zulus and their civilization. In effect, the rest of South Africa fell under British hands. Over in Kenya, the British fought and killed 12,000 Kenyans during the Mau Mau Rebellion, some of them died in confinement camps . A few thousands more were displaced or driven away from the country, leaving their people scattered in neighboring countries. Europeans didn't only bring troops over, they brought diseases too. Rinderpest, a European livestock disease killed off 90-95% of the live cattle in Africa and other grazing animals. The lack of grazing animals changed the landscape that made it easier for tsetse fly to nest. The tsetse flies spread a sleeping sickness that killed about 200,000 Ugandans from 1902-1906 . African tribes were very dependent on their livestock; as a result, tribes like the Maasai in Tanzania lost two thirds of their population. The livestock diseases also brought with it epizootic, a lung disease that hit many animals in South Africa . Other diseases from the Europeans that affected the continent greatly were smallpox and malaria because the Africans didn't have much immunity to them. Disease became a huge factor in the deaths of the African continent, both directly and indirectly; without livestock comes no food, which leads to starvation. However, these weren't the British's intentions. One of their main intentions of colonizing Africa was for their resources. Diamond mining was very profitable for the British in South Africa. They used slave labor force (the South Africans) to dig out the diamonds and left the higher and more important…
In the years that followed the Berlin Conference (1884-1885) European nations divided and colonized Africa among themselves. This time period became to be known as the Scramble for Africa. It would be years until Africa freed itself of European domination. Yet in the time that the Scramble for Africa took place, European dominance was met with various reactions from the native people. Some natives unwillingly submitted, opposed to the idea of European domination, but left with no other choice. Other natives were willing to compromise, while the rest were preparing or already rebelling against the…
The idea that Europe was a radical, cutting edge civilization created a sense of supremacy over less developed nations. They believed Africa to be so outdated that the natives could not even be considered modern men. In fact, they were not considered men at all. The explorers rationalized their corruption of this preoccupied land through the transfer from human status, to that of a wild animal. (Document P) Through the perspective of the Europeans, the seemingly underdeveloped Africa was in need of saving, and with their lavish machinery, they were the perfect nation to graciously come forth and salvage the remains of Africa and claim their habitat. “Take up the White Man’s burden, send forth the best ye breed, go bind your sons to exile, to serve your captives’ need; to wait in heavy harness, on fluttered folk and wild-your new caught sullen peoples, half devil and half-child…” (Document P) The animalistic tone of the words exposed the way they spoke of the Africans with condescending pity, and then acted accordingly. (Document…
With a growing economy and increased production, Europeans needed a workforce but the natives couldn't withstand the European diseases. Africans of many cultures were still uncivilized and there was much war between the different nations. Prisoners of war were made into slaves and the slaves were in turn traded for European goods. The demand for slaves grew because of their immunities to many diseases, so did war and kidnapping. In the account of a minister from Germany who interviewed many slaves from different nations and tribes says, "There are almost constant internal wars. One tribe attacks another solely for the purpose of capturing men to be sold to whites as slaves (5-5)"…
Document 3 (Letter to Europe from the Leader of Ethiopia) and Document 8 (Account of the Maji Rebellion in Germany from a German Officer) explain the role of religion in The Colonization of Africa. Due to the Berlin Conference, the Continent of Africa was being divided. Many felt like they had been saved in previous crises as a result of their god's doing. African Nations believed that they maintained…
The Cambodian Genocide was a genocide that was very harsh and ruined many people's lives forever. From April 17, 1975 to January 6, 1979, more than 2 million people died under the Khmer Rouge rule led by Pol Pot in the terrible genocide that we call the Cambodian Genocide. Pol Pot’s main reason to start this genocide was to nationalize the peasant farming society of Cambodia ideally overnight, in accordance with the Chinese Communist agricultural model. This horrific genocide took place in Cambodia and lasted 3 years, 8 months, and 20 days. Some causes of this genocide was the fact that Pol Pot wanted to nationalize the peasant farming society of Cambodia. Most Cambodians involved in the genocide died from starvation,…
The Herero were the first victims of genocide in the twentieth century, but also of the policy of concentration camp elimination through forced labor. The few survivors of the 1904 genocide found themselves thrown in forced labor camps.(Shelton)…
The USSR (The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was found in 1922 by Vladimir Lenin. The USSR was shortly taken over by Joseph Stalin, which lasted from the 1920’s to the 1953.(DeSomma, 12) During the time of Stalin’s ruling the NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs), a secret police force, murdered many soviet citizens and jailed many others to Gulags. Gulags were forced labor camps that people were sent to if they were seen dangerous to the union. The Soviet then destroyed all owned farms to be replaced by state owned farms, this caused the Holomodor (1932- 1933). The Holomodor was a man made famine that killed 5 to 7 million peasants. The Great Purges (1937- 1938) were Stalin's attempt to remove any threats to the communist party continuance. Many people were killed or imprisoned each year. Numerous massacres occurred like the Vinnytsia Massacres, the Katyn Forest Massacre, and The Medvedev Forest Massacre. (Pierpaoli,1)…
On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman government started its systematic decimation of its Armenian population. With the decline of power in the Ottoman Empire and military losses experience at the beginning of World War I, the Ottoman government used the Armenians as a way to blame their problems on someone else, thus began the Armenian Genocide. The Ottoman government confiscated Armenian possessions, deported them to different countries, and massacred large numbers of Armenian people. Many of the deported people died of starvation, and for the Armenians who did live, they witnessed brutalities that we could not imagine. By the time these horrible events did stop in 1918, around 1.5 million Armenians had died. The Turkish government, which was part…
Propaganda, the relocation of people to the Ghettos, the creation of laws to strip people of their rights, and the use of technology to increase the efficiency of the machinery of genocide. Genocide is a term created after World War II to describe the systematic murder of an entire, political, cultural, or religious group. These are just some of the numerous systems that Adolf Hitler used to implement the Holocaust. Because of Hitler, nearly six million Jews were exterminated. Hitler's idea of a "perfect world" was a world full of people, but only people with blonde hair and blue eyes, although he himself had dark hair and brown eyes. So basically, he is a hypocrite in my opinion.…
By the End of the Cold war the world had already seen the end of hundreds of wars and countless violations of human rights. With witnessing, these events substantial progress had been made to defining what human rights are and what constitutes a violation to human rights. The first of theses inalienable human rights being the biblical right to life. Several Non- governmental organizations dedicate their time and energy to maintaining a close watch over the world to report on any and all violations of human rights. An example of an area where non -governmental organizations have been relentless in their efforts to end human rights violation was in Bosnia in the early 1990’s.…