1. Colonialism and its effects

2. Topography of Africa

3. Africa in 1914

4. Motives behind colonialism
Many motives:
- to gain international prestige
- to divert public attention away from domestic issues
- to gain resources
- to open up new markets
- “White Man’s Burden” (Europeans believed they were racially superior; justification for their rule)

5. Cartoon of “White Man’s Burden”

6. Colonialism in China First and Second Opium Wars
Conflicts between United Kingdom and China.

7. Colonialism in Africa
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9. Queen Elizabeth inspecting African troops in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1957

10. What can we interpret from these images?

11. “Rhodes Colossus” (refers to Cecil Rhodes, British businessman, who founded the De Beers diamond company)

12. Decolonization movement
First President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere in 1960.
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13. Decolonization Colonies wanted their independence because:
They wanted to assert their identity
They wanted to control their resources
There was the emergence of an educated elite

14. The Effects of decolonization

15. Ethnic conflict Rwandan refugee camp in Zaire in 1994
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16. Civil wars and unrest 2013 conflict in Mali
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