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History of Colonialism in Africa

Subin Lee, Kylie Collins, Daria Rouhbakhsh, Natalie Sarsfield

Definition

colonialism

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

Countries Involved

Who

  • The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 brought people to colonized Africa
  • Countries that tried to colonized include: Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain
  • GOD
  • GOLD
  • GLORY
  • For resources such as gold, salt, ivory, etc.

Motivations

Treatment of the People

Treatment

  • no rights, education, jobs or housing
  • men died of starvation and diseases --> gap in population, diminishing birth rate
  • treated like slaves

Rules

  • forced to convert religions
  • considered property
  • not allowed to assemble without presence of at least one white person
  • not allowed to be in juries
  • curfews

Effects

  • changed local political institutions
  • ruined patterns of trade
  • changed religious / social beliefs
  • introduction of new technology

Early Life

  • Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
  • born December 3, 1857, Berdichev, Ukraine, Russian Empire
  • parents: Apollo and Evelina, members of Polish noble class
  • tutored by his father, attended school in Krakow
  • At 16, Conrad left Poland and traveled to Marseilles, France, to be a mariner

Conrad's Background

Works Cited

Works Cited

1. “The Colonization of Africa.” The Colonization of Africa, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/essay-colonization-of-africa.html.

2. Graham Hardin, Ellen Richards, Abbey Brenner, Henry Holt. “Story Map Journal.” Arcgis.com, www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=e8f24a9c56404e67b209dfcdfb37bc82.

3. Heldring, Leander, and James Robinson . “Colonialism and Development in Africa.” Colonialism and Development in Africa VOX, CEPR Policy Portal, 10 Jan. 2013, voxeu.org/article/colonialism-and-development-africa.

4. https://www.monticello.org/slavery-at-monticello/jsam-main-nav

5. Guzhavina, Liza. “The Impact of European Colonialism on Indigenous People in Africa.” Academia.edu - Share Research, 23 Apr. 2013, www.academia.edu/9791828/The_Impact_of_European_Colonialism_on_Indigenous_People_in_Africa.

6. “Monticello.” African Slavery in Colonial British North America, www.monticello.org/slavery-at-monticello/jsam-main-nav.

https://www.ushistory.org/us/6f.asp

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