Modern Africa

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Modern Africa

• Sourcehttp//www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/afric
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Colonialism in Southern Africa

• Definition of important terminology
• Context for Colonial Expansion
• Colonialism in Southern Africa from 1860 to
  Independence

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Colony

• An area subject to rule by an outside power .
• - Economic Colony
• - Settler Colony

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Native and Tribe

• These terms were used to imply that Africans were
  less than modern and poorly suited for the modern
  world.
• According to Europeans, tribes only existed in
  Africa and the new world. There were no natives
  in European countries, just people.

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Southern Africa

• Angola
• Botswana
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• South Africa
• Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

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• "They resemble us, but in appearance are the
  colour of pumpkin-porridgeThey are rude of
  manners and without any graces or refinement.
  They carry a long stick of fire.With this they
  kill and loot from many nations."
• Zulu impression of first white men, taken from
  Zulu epic poem, Emperor Shaka the Great,
  translated by Mazisi Kunene, drawing on the
  memories of a number of Zulu oral historians.
• Sourcehttp//www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/fe
  atures/storyofafrica/index_section12.shtml

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Context for Colonial Expansion

• 1652 Refreshment Station established in the
  Cape
• 1657 First Europeans are allowed to settle in
  the region

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Influences for future colonial expansion

• Missionaries
• White Traders
• Situations with African States
• Mfecane (the crushing) 1817-1828

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Colonial Expansion into Southern Africa

• 1867 Diamonds discovered in South Africa
• 1884 Gold discovered in South Africa
• 1885 The Conference of Berlin

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Colonial Empires

• Portugal Angola and Mozambique
• Great Britain Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, South
  Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
• Germany - Namibia

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African Resistance

• God has made us rulers of some parts of the
  world. I dont think that one can call someone
  guilty if he wants to remain an independent ruler
  over his land and his people.
• If you intend now to have me killed because of my
  love of independence, this is not shame or harm.
  If I have to die I shall die as an honest man
  defending my property and my rights.
• Kaptien Hendrik Witbooi to Govenor Theodor
  Leutwein (Aug 17th 1894)

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African Resistance

• Representatives of the South African Native
  Congress (forerunner of the African National
  Congress (ANC)) that journeyed to England in 1914
  to protest the Native Land Act of 1913
• Sourcehttp//www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/image
  s/sannc.html

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Independence

• Zambia Malawi 1964 (Great Britain)
• Botswana Lesotho 1966 (Great Britain)
• Swaziland 1968 (Great Britain)

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Independence

• Angola 1975 (Portugal)
• Mozambique 1975 (Portugal)

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Independence

• Zimbabwe 1965 (Great Britain) white dominated
  state until 1980
• Namibia 1990 (South Africa)
• South Africa 1961 (Great Britain) white
  dominated state until 1994

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