week seven of the course is on ‘Africa‚ World War II‚ and its Aftermath’‚ which is another debated topic between African historians. In class two main arguments stood out‚ the first being that one outcome of World War II was a revitalisation and strengthening of the colonial states. In comparison‚ there is no denying that nationalism expanded and became more violent following the war supporting the second argument that World War II began the end of colonialism in Africa. With many different perspectives
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In the 19th and 20th Century‚ the relationships between different parts of the globe changed more than ever before as advancements in technology altered cultures‚ increased communications between nations‚ created unparalleled levels of economic integration‚ or made the feel earth smaller. The politically developed countries harnessed colonialism‚ imperialism‚ soft power‚ and neoliberal power structures to take advantage of underdeveloped nations. Developed nations exploited them creating long lasing
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Spread of Islam in North Africa The first influx of Muslims into Africa was during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad in which a group of citizens from Mecca fled to Ethiopia to escape prosecution. Islam swept across North Africa very early after the death of Muhammad‚ spreading from Egypt in the 7th century reaching all the way to the Atlantic by the 8th. The spread of Islam in North Africa is similar to the way Europeans colonized America in that it was a westward spread across the continent
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why Saudi Arabia still has the lack of efficient effective education even it is one of the most wealthy countries in the world. After reading a shocking and brutal article by Clare Carter‚ as a result of the constitution and law of South Africa‚ they have been facing and addressing the brutal rape issue‚ thus‚ they area tying to solve this serious problem. South African constitution allows the right of gays and lesbians that are considered the most impacting issue. It also does not provide
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Neo-Colonial Africa in a Post-Soviet World A continent of rapid change and slow modernization‚ Africa is a place of several failed and rogue states that are key to the international foreign policy of many world powers during periods of both the past and present. The United States of America (USA)‚ the emerging superpower of last half of the 20th century‚ would clash and eventually prevail against the communist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) through proxy wars and competition
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overseas territorial acquisitions and the emergence in colonizing . 2. Define the white man’s burden and the scramble for Africa? The white man’s burden was a term used to describe when the Europeans decided to colonize Africa and then went on to spread the Christian religion and spread the idea of democracy to the heathens of the African continent. The Scramble for Africa‚
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By 1500 the Portuguese were sailing around the coast of Africa (although they did not penetrate far inland). They brought new foods from the Americas‚ maize and cassava. They also brought the slave trade. (There was already slavery on a small scale in the African kingdoms e.g. criminals and prisoners of war could be made into slaves but the Portuguese introduced slavery on a much larger scale). They offered African rulers goods in return for slaves. So African tribes raided other tribes to capture
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Rhiann Holman 1421‚ The Chinese in West Africa Through the lack of strong evidence and using deductive reasoning to make some of his most important claims‚ Menzies does not make a compelling argument for the chinese reaching the western coast of Africa in 1421. Menzies bases his entire argument in chapter 4 on the fact that Niccolo da Conti was in India at the same time as Zheng He. To make a strong argument‚ Menzies must have good evidence to support this claim that the rest of the chapter is built
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Dehumanization is the best way to describe colonialism that took place in Africa from the 19th and into the 20th century. It has a long history of oppression and effects‚ and Africa proved to have been shaped by imperialistic powers that ruled over them during the 19th and into the 20th century. This era left ideological‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ and psychological impacts of colonialism on the African continent‚ and the people living within it shows the byproduct of what foreign authorities manipulated
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In Colonialism and Human Rights‚ A Contradiction in Terms? The Case of France and West Africa by Alice L Conklin published by the American Historical Review in 1998 revisits the cultural‚ political‚ and ethical implications of Western colonization and how the French empire justified expansion. The purpose of this study is to reanalyze the French government’s actions to colonize uncivilized countries in Africa. The reason for writing the article was to weigh in on this discussion of France’s involvement
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