1. Colonialism

2. The experience of colonialism
What is colonialism?
When a country rules another country (its colony)
Develops trade for own benefit
By who was the Cape colonised?
The Dutch: Jan van Riebeeck
Refreshment stations

3. Jan van Riebeeck

4. Jan van Riebeeck in Cape Town

5. Colonialism
Early days of European exploration: supply stations and as part of trade route
Exploited for their natural resources
Colonies all over the world including Africa

6. The early colonial division of Africa

7. Different periods of colonialisation
Early period: 1815 – 1880
European interests in Africa
No colonial expansion
Second period: 1880 – 1914
European countries competed to ‘own’ Africa
Struggle for land: Scramble for Africa
By 1914 Europe controlled over 90% of Africa!