Imperialism And Its Effects On Africa's Weapons, Wars, And Culture

It would be an understatement to say that the effects of imperialism took their toll on Africa’s weapons, wars, and culture. Imperialism is to take over a country by force from another place. It was mainly practiced by monarchies. Imperialism had effects on weapons, war, and cultural elements of Africa.
Due to Imperialism, Africa had gained more weapons. With access to more weapons, Africa was under the impression that they had more power. This resulted in more unnecessary battles and violent arguments. In the article it says, "African forces in general fought with bows, arrows, spears, swords, old rifles, and cavalries..." According to this piece from the article, the people of Africa, who are in this case the victims of imperialism, got their hands on many weapons. The article continues on to list more weapons that were used in the Africans' battle against European forces. On the timeline, it states, "revolts in Algeria, in the western Sudan, in Dahomey, by the Matabele (Ndebele) and Shona, in Ashantiland, in Sierra Leone, and in the Fulani Hausa states..." This meaning that many countries in Africa felt the need to cause revolts
Although the Europeans were not there all the time, the Africans still went to war and revolted against them. The article states, "It is quite clear that most African societies fought fiercely and bravely to retain control over their countries and societies against European imperialist designs and military invasions." This sentence shows that the Africans fought multiple long and hard battles to try and revive their freedom. The timeline shows, "War for independence in Algeria." This is showing how the Africans decided country by country to go to war with the Europeans. The Africans were able to slowly work their way back to where they were but they still have not gotten exactly there in the worlds of war aftermath and