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, Exam (elaborations)
APC2602 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 1 2024
Course
ECS2601 - Microeconomics (APC2602)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
The Political Economy of Africa
APC2602 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DUE
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Coloniality had a severe impact on Africa’s economic and political
development. Write an essay in which you discuss how and why the 1884-5
Berlin consensus and scramble and conquest of Africa resulted in the
dismemberment and fragmentation of Africa. In your essay select an African
state and explain its consequential political-economic development trajectory
caused by coloniality.
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The 1884-1885 Berlin Conference, also known as the Berlin consensus,
marked a pivotal moment in Africa's history, leading to the scramble and
conquest of the continent by European powers. This event, along with
subsequent colonization efforts, had profound and lasting impacts on Africa's
economic and political development. The decisions made during the Berlin
Conference resulted in the dismemberment and fragmentation of Africa in
several ways.
Firstly, the Berlin Conference effectively divided Africa among European
powers without consideration for existing ethnic, cultural, or political
boundaries. European nations, driven by imperial ambitions and the desire
for resources and markets, drew arbitrary borders on maps, often without
regard for the indigenous peoples living in these areas. This artificial division
led to the creation of numerous artificial states with diverse ethnic groups
