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Changes in Africa in 19th century
 
On 19th century, Africa suffer a lot of changes, some were the result of the territorial ambitions of African rulers., other had different reasons, but at the end all of them caused something different in Africa, they caused changes.

When Europe started having rivalries, automatically affected people in Africa in a direct way. In the 1880’s European governmental powers decide to divide Africa without considering that people lived there. In 1914 this conflict in Europe become a very serious problem and the First World War broke out.

In 1857, British people learned that railroads d the telegraph would made that a relatively small number of British personnel to survive a rebellion in India. The other advances such as medical advances in a field of tropical disease, causes that is safer for Britain to go to Africa causing that is easier and cheaper for African government, churches, military to recruit European staff people.

European population remained entirely male, the birth of Portuguese people was negligible, also there where many “Afro-Lutisians”, this people where mostly born by African mothers. As a result of this the community leaders owe their loyalty only to the local African government as they did to the distant Portuguese government.
Democracy in Africa in the 19th century was noticed because at the begging there was no clue about it but then, democracy appeared and Africa was free, they didn't had much to do.

 

(Women with Water-Pots, Listening to the Music of the Marimba, Sansa, and ‘Pan’s Pipes’, 2015) Available at: https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=africa+19th+century&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI6ZGStLqDyQIVCmk-Ch1QeQFs&biw=1280&bih=639#imgrc=z-cwhsfPXspnZM%3A

 

 

Identify and describe three consequences of Imperialism that we can observe today

  

1.- Western culture was spread all around Africa with the Europeans invading the African continent, this was a consequence of the Berlin Conference in the search of resources in Africa, leading to globalisation. Western culture now is regarded as frontline civilisation.

2.- A lot of economies became independent specially for export, for example, gold mining. The presence of European in Africa introduced systems of capitalism of production and trade.

3.- Thanks to imperialism, now a days we can see the unification and unity of independent African States. For example Ghana formed alliances with Guinea and Mali, these countries had an objective, to build political union, which pursue direct trade and economic relations among other independent African states. 

 Kumasi: Gold Coast, Western Africa in the late 19th century. (2015). [image] Available at: https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=africa+19th+century&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI6ZGStLqDyQIVCmk-Ch1QeQFs&biw=1280&bih=639#imgrc=v0BuSY5EjanT5M%3A [Accessed 8 Nov. 2015].

References

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Azikiwe, A. (n.d.). Africa still struggles against imperialism. Retrieved November 8, 2015, from http://www.workers.org/2010/world/africa_0429/ 

Wcupaedu. (2015). Wcupaedu. Retrieved 9 November, 2015, from http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his312/lectures/portugal.htm

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Wcupaedu. (2015). Wcupaedu. Retrieved 9 November, 2015, from http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his312/lectures/19thcent.htm