European Colonial Holdings in 1800 Source for Raw

European Colonial Holdings in 1800

Source for Raw Materials Industrial Revolution Markets for Finished Goods European Nationalism Missionary Activity European Motives For Colonization Military & Naval Bases Social Darwinism Places to Dump Unwanted/ Excess Popul. European Racism “White Man’s Burden” Humanitarian Reasons Soc. & Eco. Opportunities

The “White Man’s Burden” Rudyard Kipling

The “White Man’s Burden”?

Social Darwinism

How Europeans were able to colonize the interior of Africa • The Steamboat (poor rivers) • Improved Medicine (malaria, sleeping sickness) • The Maxim Gun (hostile natives) “Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim Gun and they have not”

Berlin Conference of 1884 -1885 Carving pieces from the “great cake” Who appears to be absent from this picture? Another point of view?

Africa 1890

Africa in 1914

African Economic Activity

Causes of Conflict in Colonial Africa

1. Tribalism and Colonialism

1. European Cruelty and Exploitation King Leopold II: (r. 1865 – 1909)

Harvesting Rubber

Punishing “Lazy” Workers

Nearly 10 Million Victims! (50% of Popul. ) It is blood-curdling to see them (the soldiers) returning with the hands of the slain, and to find the hands of young children amongst the bigger ones evidencing their bravery. . . The rubber from this district has cost hundreds of lives, and the scenes I have witnessed, while unable to help the oppressed, have been almost enough to make me wish I were dead. . . This rubber traffic is steeped in blood, and if the natives were to rise and sweep every white person on the Upper Congo into eternity, there would still be left a fearful balance to their credit. -- Belgian Official

Belgium’s Stranglehold on the Congo

Leopold’s Conscience? ?

“Incorruptible Camera”

How Did Colonialism Affect Kenya? • By how much did colonialism increase in Africa from 18001914? • What did England want with Kenya? What did Africans get from England? • What was the “Kipande”? What is its purpose? How did Africans feel about it? • What does the question “How did colonialism affect Kenya? ” mean? What does it mean by “Kenya”?