Imperialism in Africa

Africa

Before Imperialism After Imperialism

Africa Africa in the 1800s

Huge Hundreds of languages Many different governments

Centralized states to small villages

North Africa was mainly Muslim Started spreading to West and East Africa

Trade routes

South was run by the Zulu Kingdom

Africa European contact mainly stayed on the

coastline Resistance, geography, and disease kept them

away During the early 1800s, explorers started

traveling inward Did not understand the people Missionaries soon follow

Urged them to give up their “degrading” lifestyle and join Christianity

Africa Once Europeans went further into Africa

they tried to conquer Profit and trade

Berlin Conference In order to avoid wars, many European

Countries met to discuss Africa No Africans were invited

In order to claim African land, they must have a government office put in place

Exert their control over the existing government

Africa After Berlin Conference, Africa was claimed by

many different European countries Belgium

Controlled the Congo Copper, rubber and ivory

France Algeria and beyond

Britain Chunks of West and East Africa, Egypt, South Africa

Africa All European countries that took over did

not include any African officials or traditions in the new government

Lots of resistance Many Africans tried to fight off European

powers, but were unsuccessful Ethiopia resisted