Nationalism
What is Nationalism?
Modern African Nationalism
Colonial Oppression
Missionary Churches
WWI and WWII
Pan-Africanism
League of National and United Nations
Independence Movements
What Is Nationalism?
Feelings based on shared culture, heritage and historical experience
Desire to maintain the same through various means
Modern African Nationalism
Even after the establishment of colonial rule, Africans displayed their dissatisfaction with and resistance to occupation
Took a variety of forms based on the territory or colonial ruler
Fueled by several factors
Colonial Oppression
Humiliated and deprived of their own land
Revolts were met with brutal suppressions
Independence was the ultimate goal
Missionary Churches
Three Goals
Literacy
Western Values
Raise level of productivity
Had a profound effect on Africa
Served as a catalyst for nationalism
Educated Africans to fight for rights
Made them want to succeed in modern world
Nationalistic Leaders
Jomo Kenyatta
Spent years in England gaining support for native Kenyans
Imprisoned for the Mau Mau uprising in 1952
First President of Kenya (1964 – 1978)
Leopold Senghor
Senegalese poet and politician and 1st president of Senegal (1960–1980)
Held up by France as the personification of assimilation
Studied at the Sorbonne and taught in Paris
Was a German POW during WWII
Was a member of the French Parliament
WW I and WW II
African war veterans
3 million served in both wars fighting against German and Italian imperialism
African from different regions served together and fostered nationalism
Were not rewarded for service
Colonial immigrants flocked to Africa post WW II and were given great tracts of land
Pan-Africanism
Catalysts for the movement
Henry-Sylvester-Williams