continent. Africa has numerous nations of people that include the Nubian of Southern Egypt and Sudan‚ the Oromo‚ the Amhara‚ the Masai‚ the Igbo‚ the Fulani‚ the Wolof and Yoruba. Africans were often divided because of the vast diversity of languages and tribes. Religion was also a factor that divided the nations of Africa. Some believed in polytheism: the belief of many Gods‚ animism: the belief that natural objects have souls‚ ancestral veneration: the belief that one’s ancestors possess supernatural powers
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for their economic needs‚ as long as the African rulers received a portion of the riches acquired. There was an original willingness to compromise with the White Man‚ but soon after‚ the Europeans began to get greedy. We see this when the ruler of Ashanti wrote the Queen of England‚ declining her offer to add the clan to her empire‚ though they would like to remain friendly with them ( Doc 2). This wish for peace with the Europeans did not last long after this document was written. We see other evidence
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their religious faith and the belief that dying in battle would be better than becoming slaves. Due to the matriarchal set up of African Tribes‚ women had a larger role in determining their course of action than women in other European countries had. Document 1 (The Standard form signed by many African Rulers by The Royal Niger Company) and Document 2 (Ashanti Leader’s response to a British Official) discuss how the British give the illusion that African Nations have a choice in this matter. After
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the colonization of their tribe (Doc1). However‚ African leaders like Prempeh 1 (Doc2) and Menelik 2 (Doc3) did not wish for their tribes to be colonized. They just wanted to be allies with the Europeans. The industrialized contracts left blanks to change details like how much the tribe gets paid. Promising to respect the natives and not to instigate with them‚ the contracts were supposed to be persuasive‚ convincing the natives to hand over their territory. The Ashanti leader mentions how he was
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In the video‚ "The Magnificent African Cake" by Basil Davidson‚ Africa was divided up into new colonies by Europeans. After the end of slavery in Africa‚ Europeans wanted to expand their empires for industrialization and commerce. This period of time was called the "scramble for Africa" because many European countries were claiming as much land from Africa. In 1884‚ the Berlin Congress was held and these European countries "sliced" up the African countries like a cake where each country got its portion
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responded either peacefully‚ out of anger‚ or out of pride for their land and tribes. In Doc. 1‚ The Royal Niger Company has conducted a document that many African rulers signed‚ handing over their territory to this British government. Even with its arrogant point of view‚ this contract is a peaceful attempt to consult with the Africans instead of trying to battle them for the land and control. Doc. 2 is an Ashanti leader chose to peacefully decline the offer of “protection” from Her Majesty to
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The Effect of the Slave Trade on West Africa NAME: CHRISTAL BENJAMIN QUESTION: WHAT WERE THE SOCIAL‚ ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE SLAVE TRADE ON WEST AFRICA The Social‚ Economic and Political Effects of the Slave Trade On West Africa The trade of West African slaves for European commodities began in the fifteenth century. From its inception up to the late seventeenth century‚ the scale of the slave trade could be considered quite small when compared to the dramatic
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the European countries worked with the African countries‚ but others wanted no part of treaties‚ and just wanted to take complete control over the certain countries. In Document 1 it states‚ “ We pledge ourselves not to enter into any war with other tribes without the sanction of the said Royal Niger Company...The said Royal Niger Company agree to pay native owners of land a reasonable amount for any portion they may require…”(Doc 1). The British decided to sign a treaty with multiple African rulers
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Priya Vanparia‚ Radhika Barve & Meghna Pinnaka Dutton: 4th Period DBQ Frame List DBQ SA Frame List Introduction The Scramble of Africa lasted throughout the years of 1876-1914 in Europe. This was a historical event which consisted of a period with rapid colonization by the European powers. It is said that the conquest of Africa had begun with the King Leopold II of Belgium. Within about forty years into the Scramble of Africa‚ Great Britain had dominated majority of the African continent‚ starting
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shopped to Europe. The Portuguese also gained great profit in the slave trade. After the years of slavery were ended‚ the British took over the forts created buy the Portuguese to use as customs posts. Tribes such as the Ashanti profited greatly from the arrangements. In later wars with homeland tribes the British declared the Gold Coast a crown colony. Cocoa exports became the backbone of the economy‚ followed by gold‚ timber‚ and diamonds. By WW1 the Gold Coast was the most prosperous colony in Africa
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