Africa

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Africa

• The Conquest of Africa

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Slave Trade ( 1500-1860)

• Pre-European Slavery
• Spanish and Portuguese exploration
• Introduction of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade
• East African Slave Trade

3
Africa Before Partition

• Major Empires
• Sokoto Empire
• Zulu
• Egypt
• Asante
• Trading Pattern
• Palm Oil
• Ivory

4
Early Exploration (1780-1870)

• Mission Station
• Famous Explorers
• David Livingstone (1813-1873)
• End the Slave Trade
• Spread Christianity
• Map the interior
• Sparked interest in Africa
• Henry Stanley (1841-1904)
• Exploit Resources
• Gain Glory
• Aided Belgium in Conquest of Congo

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Early Colonization

• Cape Colony 1652
• Freedmen Colonies
• Sierra Leone (1787)
• Liberia (1822)
• The Great Trek (1835-1845)
• The French in North Africa (1830-1848)

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Division and Conquest (1870-1900)

• Western Africa
• Asante
• Samori
• Northeastern Africa
• Egypt
• Kenya
• Central Africa
• Belgian Congo
• Southern Africa
• Zulu
• Rhodesia
• Boer War

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European Rule (1870-1980)

• Berlin Conference in 1885
• Colonial Policies
• Direct Rule
• Indirect Rule
• Economic Domination
• Cash Crop Agriculture
• Taxation
• Impact on African Society
• Paternalism
• Assimilation