hist 1020 scramble for africa

final

red rubber system kc

slaves in the CONGO free state needed to meet a quota of rubber production, and if didnt meet it, then they would be punished.

mark twain wrote about king leopold in congo

king leopold 2 kc

he made the congo free state (what is that)

out of greed

othering kc

process of seeing another culture as inferior due to big differences btwn cultures.

wanted to be resolved by missionaries, work, caputalism

orientalism kc

viewing other countries as exotic

berlin conference kc

MEETING of european imperial powers about AFRICA, but no africa leader was there

result: spplit up places in africa for these european imperial powers to colonize

reasons for european colonization of africa kc (4)

europe wanted

• natural resources (ivory & rubber)

• labor (slaves)

• explore (david livingstone)

• convert to christianity

culture of imperialism kc

make ppl belive they are superior & have rights to take land & rule others

EUROPEANS & AMERICANS believeed they made modern culture

portraying africa as primitive

cigarettes reminder of imperial conquest

social darwinism kc

believe need to GROW nation by outgrowing colonized countries by BREEDING enough ppl to spread over WORLD

the white man’s burden

the idea that it is a white man’s job to colonize, to spread his ideals

phrase used for realsies by imperialists and ironically by anti-imperialists.

frederick lugard “we hold these countreisss bc it is the genius of our race to colonize”

henry morton stanley cup

wrote about david livingstone’s adventures in africa

herero & nama genocide

rebellion against german rule

caused collective punishment (forced into desert, starve, & concentration camps) (now geneva warcrime)

the poem Negro by Langston Huges

the response to africans being dispersed worldwide