AFRICA BEFORE THE SCRAMBLE

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AFRICA BEFORE THE SCRAMBLE

• 1750-1870

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SOUTH AFRICA

• Who are the ZULU?
• Who is Shaka?
• What was the result of ZULU?

• Powerful, feared tribe
• Leader of Zulu, military drills for regiments
  excellent spearsmen
• Raids and kidnappings
• Lesotho protection from Zulu

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WEST AFRICA

• Why did the SOKOTO Caliphate start?
• Who started the SOKOTO
• Why is Sokoto important?

• Islam groups unhappy w. old pagan African
  traditions that some Islam Kings allowed
• Hausa people in Nigeria (the Fulani) under Osuman
• Most important area in West Africa center of
  learning

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EGYPT

• Why did Egypt want to modernize?
• Who led the movement?
• How did the British occupy Egypt?

• So they would never deal w. European invasion
  again
• Muhammad Ali (used W. ideas school, military,
  technology
• Ismail (Ali Grandson) brought more Europe
  advisors more debt partial occupation

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ETHIOPIA ALGERIA

• Who is Menelik?
• How did France and Algeria get into conflict?
• What was the result?

• Christian Ethiopian leaderled modernization
  movements
• France owed Algeria for grainand fly whisk
  incident 3 yrs later F. attacks for it
• 18 years of fighting massacres, destruction

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ECONOMY

• How did Slavery end?

• British spent millions to end it
• Gold Coast patrols
• Took over Sierra Leone to fight it on land
• BUT it just moved to new areas

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ECONOMY

• What was the new legitimate trade?
• What is the expression Dr. Livingston, I
  presume mean?

• Palm oil
• (soap, candles, lubricants for machines)
• Missionary Livingstone explores central Africa
  missingStanley sent out explores Congo