Title: Colonization of Africa - How did the Scramble for Africa led to Decolonization?
Headings: Colonization of Africa – How did the Scramble for Africa led to Decolonization?
Colonization of Africa – How did the Scramble for Africa led to Decolonization?
What was colonization?
What led to European Colonisation in Asia and Africa?
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Phases of Colonisation:
Mercantile Phase:
Industrial Phase:
Scramble for Africa:
Decolonization of Africa
Cultural:
Political:
Economic:
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What forced European powers to abandon their empires?
Challenges to Africa:
Aftermath of Decolonisation:
General trends:
Role of India:
Conclusion:
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Content: But this would require costly wars against the native population. So they reached a political settlement where they divided the territory of Africa within themselves with no regard for the wishes of the indigenous people of these lands! The settlement was reached in the Berlin conference of 1884. In 1870, less than 10% of African territory was under European control. By 1914, it had increased to almost 90%! This is known as the scramble of Africa. Decolonization of Africa
It was the cultural, economic and political process through which colonies broke free from the colonial empires and integrated themselves to the new ‘world order’. Cultural: Colonial empires were generally founded on principles of Racism and ‘right to rule’ over ‘inferior races’. These narratives had to be challenged.