This document talks about how Africa was like before European Colonisation , It talks about the berlin conference in 1884 , the results of colonisation and the Ashanti kingdom
History
how africa was before European colonisation
= social and political organisation
-some kingdoms were stateless or state run
- land was held commenly ( it could not be bought or sold )
-chiefs were the ones that ran the daily affairs of the tribes
Trade
- Had advanced trading systems
- traded with countries like egypt,china and india
- Traded goods like gold , iron , pottery , ivory and copper .
Education
- had advanced education systems
-There were high levels of scholorships
Technology
- there is evidence that shows they had the knowledge and tools to create new
objects
Agriculture
= they practiced how to grow crops and keep livestock
- They kept domisticated cattle , sheep and goat .
culture and relgion
- the religous people focused on chosen people such as healers and diviners
,people who can heal people and predict the future .
Berlin Act
in 1884 ,i guy called otto van bismark had a meeting with other european countries
- like germany , italty , france , portugal , britian and spain
the 5 berlin act rules
1. when a european country entertered afica ,they were suppose to inform other
european countries
2. any european country that took over the coastal areas they were responsible for
the surroundings of the area
3. Europeans could now take over counties in africa without consulting the africans
themselves
4. any european that took over a country in africa they were suppose to allow
another european county to do business in the same country
5. Any european country was allowed to have free trade in congo , niger and congo
rivers
european countries and their colonies
, 1. Germany= togo .cameroon. east africa
2.britian= egpyt .south africa.sudan
3.france= morocco . gambia
4.italty= libya
5.belgium= congo
6.portugal= mozambique
7.spain= western sahara
The causes of colonisation
End of slavery
- when slavery stopped some muslims in africa started continuing that so the
britian decided to colonise them
capatalism
- some european countries continued to trade with africa since africa was rich in
minerals but some of the europeans wanted to exploit them
exploration
- some european countries started visting africa to see its land and
people but the after sometime the desire for adventure changed to the desire of
africas riches
Medical tecnology
-people stopped visting africa because of a disease called malaria until there was
a cure that was found
rasicm - european people thought that they were better than africans
how they were able to colonise africa quickly
they had advanced weapons such as machine guns which were provided by european
armies
Methods they used to colonise africa
1. adventures and explores
they had people who were like explorers and those people observed africa
and its land ,so they got a way to clonise them
2. missonaries ,they made africans to stop following their traditions
, made people beleive that it was a sin to kill european countries
3. treates and agreements - made agreements with african chiefs
4.New boundaries - started making disunity among africans
5. infrastructure - started building roads and railways
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