Write for 10 Situation…what is savage? Are we truly helping others who are less civilized by…?

The Colonization of “Savage” Peoples and Lands

What is colonization?

Colonization is defined as… The process by which one nation establishes its presence in another region of the world. Sometimes colonization involves a large scale resettlement of people. Colonization requires significant numbers of people to make it effective, and the colonists do not just move their homes; they move their culture and their government to the new land too. The colonizers change the culture and government of the native people.

Why do countries want to colonize other lands?

Back in the Day… The White Man’s Burden… Western countries (particularly England) felt that it was their right to claim other lands (imperialism). They also felt that it was their duty to civilize other savage peoples and savage lands (See Rudyard Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden.”)

In what ways may the British have felt Africa was in the dark?

The British felt that Africans and other peoples lacked… Culture Religion Education Government Acceptable way of life

The British used their military and missionaries to spread their arms to (and take control of) other lands. They’ve colonized… America (13 colonies) Hong Kong Egypt Australia India Canada Virgin Islands Jamaica South Africa

Most of Africa’s been owned by external peoples…

Asia has been in a similar predicament.

How does one culture “fall apart” and allow another one to take over?

Chinua Achebe addresses this issue in his novel, Things Fall Apart.

Meet the Author Chinua Achebe 1930-2013 Born in the village of Ogidi, Nigeria, the son of a teacher in a missionary school. Educated at the University College of Ibadan, where he studied English, history, and theology. At the university Achebe rejected his British name and took his indigenous name of Chinua. In 1953 he graduated with a BA before joining the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos. Meet the Author

Nigeria

Chinua Achebe Prominent Igbo (Ibo) writer, famous for his novels describing the effects of Western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe's satire and his keen ear for spoken language have made him one of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. Has been an English professor at the University of Mass., Amherst and the University of Connecticut, Storrs. In 1990 Achebe was paralyzed from the waist down in a serious car accident. http://kirjasto.sci.fi/achebe.htm

The Village of Umuofia

The Village of Umuofia

The Village of Umuofia

Hanging with the Ibo

The Village of Umuofia – Huts

The Village of Umuofia – Huts

The Harmattan It’s 'cool season', which means that early in the morning locals are dressed in big warm jackets, gloves, hats... I wore a cardigan twice in the morning to work during the entire season... so 'cool' season depends on one’s perspective. A dry and dusty West African trade wind. It blows south from the Sahara, picking up large amounts of fine dust particles which are carried across West Africa for hundreds of kilometres out over the Atlantic Ocean

The Harmattan Nobody can wait until it’s over. There's a haze that just hangs around all the time, and you can't see more than 500metres away at times.... The sun is amazing: big and bright, the glare is diffused by all the sands, so you can look directly at it without burning your eyeballs.

The Ibo Culture – Kola Nuts

The Ibo Culture – Kola Nuts

The Ibo Culture – Cowries

The Ibo Culture – Locusts

MMM..Locusts – It’s What’s for Dinner!