...Ethiopia Ethiopia was never imperialize. On March 1, 1896, Ethiopia's conflict with the Italians, the First Italo–Ethiopian War, was resolved by the complete defeat of the Italian armed forces at the Battle of Adowa Mulatu Teshome/president Christianity/islam. major export products of Ethiopia include coffee, livestock products (leather, live animals and meat), oil seeds and pulses, fruits, vegetables and flowers, textiles, natural gum, spices and mineral products. Push natural disasters like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and flooding. Internal migration is from rural to urban areas. Ethiopia was ruled by a prime minister during the 1900 Ethiopia government change slightly by havinga president DAY 2 Sources https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethiopia...
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...themselves and just wanted land and resources. The Africans never wanted the New Imperialism to happen since it changed a lot for their people and territory. The Imperialism brought many people and changes to Africa, one change is the Scramble for Africa. The Scramble for Africa was when the Europeans powers divided Africa, they took all of Africa besides Ethiopia and Liberia in 1880. European powers did not care about the religions or tribes of the Africans....
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...point in particular was that the Royal Niger company would pay a reasonable amount for parts of land. What was a reasonable amount in particular? A reasonable amount for two acres might have been to cows and a blanket to the europeans, yet the africans could have deemed it unreasonable. Just as Tom Sawyer made unfair trades with people, the europeans intended to do the same thing. Some African nations choose not surrender to, yet some even wanted an alliance with european powers. “I have no intention at all of being an indifferent spectator, if distant Powers hold onto the idea of dividing up Africa.For the past fourteen centuries Ethiopia has been an island of Christians in a sea of Pagans.....Since the All-Powerful has protected Ethiopia up until now, I am hopeful that He will keep and enlarge it also in the future...In the coast, the boundary of Ethiopia was the sea. Without our use of force and without the aid of the Christians, our boundary on the sea fell into the hands off the muslims. Today we do not pretend to be able to recover our seacoast by force; but we hope that the Christian Powers, advised by our savior, Jesus Christ, will restore our seacoast boundary to us, or give us at least a few ports along the coast.”, this is a quote from the ethiopian emperor Menelik II. This quote shows one thing about Ethiopian emperor’s response to European powers. Its show that he did not want to surrender to the europeans, yet he wanted to form an alliance. With this alliance formed...
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...Adam Dees Dr. Herman WOH1030 2 April 2015 Impact of British Imperialism In the late 1800’s, European nations only controlled about 10 percent of the continent of Africa, France to the north and Britain to the south (Edgar, 2008). As time goes by, other countries gain conquests, mostly in western areas of Africa. This essay will go over a few key points in history that led to the Age of Imperialism and the British colonization of Southern Africa. The essay will also identify key players in this age. Southern Africa was known for its gold and other valuable items that made it so appealing to Europeans. This and many other reasons led to wars over the areas that had high gold content. In the mid-1800’s European nations begin seizing power over countries in Africa. “By World War I Ethiopia and Liberia were the only countries not under European control.” (Edgar, 2008). In Belgium, King Leopold II had aspirations of conquest in African nations (Edgar, 2008). In 1876, he started the IAA or the International African Association in which he hires Henry Stanley to lead up exploration of this uncharted area (Edgar, 2008). Stanley was also dispatched to ascertain the whereabouts of David Livingstone, another famed explorer that was lost in the Congo (“Sir Henry…). When Stanley found Livingstone they became friends until his death in 1872 at Lake Bangweulu. Stanley continued where Livingstone left off, however and helped in the development of the Congo (“Sir Henry…). In a journal...
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...different societies to deal with their colonizers on a regular and systematic basis. These interactions provoked a variety of responses from Africans. 1. Traditions and Encounters; Jerry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler; 2006; McGraw-Hill 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica Inquiry Question: How did Africans react to European imperialism? Part I - Working with Four Source Documents[1] Document #1: From a letter from one African leader to another in German South West-Africa. 1904 All our obedience and patience with the Germans is of no use for each day they shoot someone dead for no reason at all. So, I appeal to you my Brother, not to ignore the uprising, but to make your voice heard so that all Africa may take up arms against the Germans. Let us die fighting rather than die as a result of bad treatment, imprisonment, or some other calamity. (Disaster). Tell all the chiefs down there to rise and do battle. -Source: Samuel Maherero, a leader of the Herero people. Question: What does this source say about how Africans responded to European Imperialism? Document #2: From a speech to chiefs by an African queen mother, 1900 Now I have seen that some of you fear to go forward and fight for our King. If it were in the brave days of old, chiefs would not...
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...In the three decades after the Berlin Conference for Africa (1884-1885), European powers occupied and colonized areas in Africa. While some African tribes did not resist the imperialism with violence others did. The reaction to the scramble for Africa from the Africans varied, some Africans gave in peacefully due the understanding of that the Europeans were superior to them (doc1,2) while another fight back despite the fact that wouldn’t stand a chance against the Europeans weapons.(doc 4,3,5,7,9). Documents 1 and 2 illustrates that the African tribes were given choice to make peace with the Europeans. A letter from Prempeh I to Her Majesty explains that he Ashanti leader denies the British offer of protectorate status. However would like to be “friendly with all white men”. (Doc2). Doc1 also illustrate that Africans had a choice to participate in the matter. The Europeans offered the Africans a contract which seems that they had the choice and that they could have accepted or declined....
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...Reflection Essay #6: What Are You Guys, On Dope? Let us first look into the event where Italy took Ethiopia. By the year 1935, most of Africa was already overwhelmed with European imperialism. However, Ethiopia was one of the few African states that seemed to have dodged the bullet. Around this time is when Italian fascist politician Benito Mussolini said, “Hey, my regime is full of youth! It’s full of vigor! I ought to show this off to the world and make Italy a big man on campus! I think I’ll take one of these little freshman punks and terrify him into giving me and my gang his lunch money every day from now on. Wait, do I see that scrawny little punk Ethiopia? Is he just walking through the halls without a bully on his back? Yo, Ethiopia, come here…” Ethiopia may have been poorly equipped, but they still put up an amazingly feisty fight with their spears and shields. Still, their capital, Addis Ababa, fell to Italy’s military might and fresher technology and tactics in 1936 (Hunt, An Age of Catastrophes 846). How did the League of Nations respond to this? They were disappointed enough to vote sanctions against Italy. Regardless of that, Britain and France kept the sanctions from going into effect since they didn’t want an embargo on oil (Hunt, An Age of Catastrophes 846). I also believe these two nations thought, “We still don’t want to lose Italy like this! If Germany goes crazy, we might need Italy to back us up against this monster! Snap out of it, Italy, and come back...
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...In 2014, the Affordable Care Act was created a law in order to provide all citizens the opportunity and right to receive health insurance “essential health benefits”. This has been one Nationalism was built for diverse groups of people to have sovereignty within surrounding states. They were able to unify into a single region by sharing common laws, central administration, time zones, national markets, and language (Pollard et al, 2015). In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, “nationalism became closely linked to imperialism” (Pollard et al, 2015). Imperialism consists of extending one states control over the surrounding states to form a larger nation that shared common beliefs and traditions. Imperialism relates to a process...
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...Q7. Discuss the Contribution of either Julius Nyerere or Kwame Nkrumah, in the promotion of Pan Africanism. Introduction Pan Africanism is an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans world wide.It is based on the belief that unity is vital to economic, social, and political progress and aims to “unify and uplift” people of African descent. The ideology asserts that the fate of all African peoples and countries are intertwined. At its core Pan-Africanism is “a belief that African peoples, both on the continent and in the Diaspora, share not merely a common history, but a common destiny” The largest Pan-African organization is the African Union. Kwame Nkrumah “I’m not African because I was born in Africa; I’m an African because Africa’s born in me.” Kwame Nkrumah Early Life Education Kwame Nkrumah, was born in approximately 1909 in the town of Nkroful, in the Nzima region of present-day Ghana. His father was a goldsmith by trade and kept many wives, although Kwame Nkrumah was his mother’s only child. His early education was conducted at local missionary schools, and his aptitude enabled him to attend the Government Training College in Accra in 1926. At the Government Training College, Nkrumah was trained to become a teacher and graduated in 1930 (Adi, 2003: 144). He worked as a teacher for five years and although during this time period he also contemplated a move into the priesthood. In 1935 Nkrumah decided to take his studies abroad. After a shorter...
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...just one simple immediate cause of the war, but several long term causes. The roots of the war included mutual defence allies and imperialism, and it was these factors that led to a destructive and fierce war. Long before the war began; countries within the continent of Europe had decided to protect themselves and therefore, signed mutual defence agreements (Kelly). These agreements not only meant that they were protected, but also that they would have to protect their allies if they were attacked. Many of these alliance agreements had been made and signed between 1879 and 1914. For example in 1879, Germany and Austria-Hungary had signed a Dual Alliance to protect them from Russia and in 1881; Austria-Hungary became an ally of Serbia, so that they could protect Serbia from Russia trying to gain control (historyonthenet.com). Other alliances included France and Russia; Britain, France and Belgium, and finally Japan and Britain. In this case it was inevitable that there would be a world war and it all began with Austria-Hungary announcing a war on Serbia. Of course Russia jumped to protect them, which led to the Germans starting a war with Russia and then France and because Germany went into France through Belgium, the British were also dragged into the war and so the war began (Kelly). Another leading cause was Imperialism. Imperialism, defined in the dictionary as “The policy of extending the rule of a nation over other peoples” (dictionary.com), played a huge...
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...Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia) is a clear demonstration of the mindset of Europeans on imperialism during the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth century. Beginning with the assumption that they were racially superior to the people of Africa and Abyssinia, Italy believed that it had a right to colonize Abyssinia. They used whatever means necessary, including extreme violence, to win the war against the Abyssinians. Originally, in 1896, Italy had tried to invade Abyssinia, but had been defeated at the Battle of Adowa. However, they maintained their territory around Abyssinia. In October of 1935, just seven years after the 1928 peace treaty between the two countries, Italy began to organize on the Border of...
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...Jamaica: The Rastafarian Movement Introduction to the Rastafari Phenomenon By Nathaniel Samuel Murrell Seldom has such a relatively small cultural phenomenon as Rastafari attracted so much attention from young people, the media, and scholars in the fields of religion, anthropology, politics, and sociology. The signature long, natty dreads on the heads of Rastafarians, who fearlessly chant down Babylon (Western political and economic domination and cultural imperialism) with the help of reggae music, make Rastafari a highly visible movement and "one of the most powerful cultural forces among youths in Jamaica" and in countries around the world where one least expects to find elements of Afro-Caribbean culture. Between the 1930s and the 1950s, few people bothered to study the significance of the political and ideological concepts in Rastafarian culture. Even Jamaicans who may have understood the philosophy of the movement regarded Rastafari as another passing fad, which would die a natural death once the novelty wore off. Former Rastafarian and practicing psychologist Leahcim Tefani Semaj noted that during this phase of the movement, the dominant public opinion toward the Rastafarians was "The damn Rasta dem, wey de Rasta dem want, we just put dem in a damn boat and put dem out in the sea and sink the boat-say dem want go Africa!" Prior to the 1970s, images of the unsanitary-looking, marijuana-smoking "Natty Dread" with unkempt dreadlocks, often controlling...
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...Harmonized Curriculum for Civics & Ethics Common Course for Under Graduate Degree Program Ethiopia August 2009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Course Title: - Civics and Ethics Course Code: - CvEt 201 Credit Hours: - 3 Learning Outcomes A graduate from Ethiopian higher education institution who has taken this course:will be inquisitive, critical, analytic, integrative and morally balanced person. exhibits higher ethical standards like open-mindedness, rational thinking, evidenceoriented personality and problem solving skills with high professional spirit. tends to be more participatory in socio-economic and political endeavors will be practical, highly concerned, responsible and loyal to his/her nation Course Objectives At the end of this course, students will be • familiar with key concepts like civics, ethics and profession • equipped with basic knowledge, skills and attitude of socio-economic and political issues of their country • familiar with government institutions, policies, strategies and legal provisions of their country • able to analyze the dynamics of socio-economic and political transformations of their country • able to develop the knowledge of work habit; professional, environmental, development and public service ethics, and their repercussions • familiarized with foundations of democracy and good governance and tools of democratization process • able to assess the values of multi-culturalism and tolerance for mutual understandings and co-existence • able to gain an...
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...Great Britain, which had long guaranteed the comprehensive financial scheme and had led the return to the gold standard, was incapable to play its prior role and became the first to drop off the standard. The United States, pensive with its own monetary complications, did not step in to substitute Great Britain as the creditor of last resort and dropped off the gold standard. Leaders of the world’s main thrifts met to resolve the economic crunch, but failed to reach any major communal covenants. As a result, the Depression pulled on through. This caused us to departure further into its post-War remoteness. A series of international incidents occurred involving the Japanese appropriation of northeast China, the Italian raid of Ethiopia, and German imperialism in Central and Eastern Europe. However, we did not take any major act in response or antagonism. When these and other occurrences happened, the Government issued declarations of condemnation but took incomplete achievement beyond that. On a more optimistic note, separateness demonstrated in Latin America in the form of the Good Neighbor Policy, under which we reduced its military attendance in the district and enhanced relationships between itself and its fellow citizens to the south. Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt were to a degree inhibited by public belief, which required that prime consideration be given to domestic difficulties. The Hoover and Roosevelt Administrations focused upon upgrading the U.S. budget and dealing...
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...DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND AFRICAN STUDIES FOURAH BAY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE Module: History of Pan-Africanism (HIST 417) First Semester, 2008 Instructor (Lecturer): Dr. (Professor) Alusine Jalloh Name: Josephus J. Ellie Final Year, History and Politics Research Paper (Term Paper) Topic: “The Role of Kwame Nkrumah in Pan-Africanism” Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Key Factors that Influenced Nkrumahs’ Pan – African Motives 6 3. Nkrumah’s Roles in Organizing Key Pan-African Events 8 3.1 Nkrumah’ Contributions to the 5th Pan-African Conference 8 3.2 Nkrumah in promoting African Unity 10 4. Nkrumah’s Writings and Pan-Africanism 15 5. Conclusion 16 6. References 17 Introduction There is no one way to define Pan-Africanism. What constitutes Pan-Africanism, what one might include in a Pan-African movement often changes according to whether the focus is on politics, ideology, organizations, or culture? Pan-Africanism actually reflects a range of political views. At a basic level, it is a belief that African peoples, both on the African continent and in the Diaspora, share not merely a common history, but a common destiny. This sense of interconnected pasts and futures has taken many forms, especially in the creation of political institutions. One of the earliest manifestations of Pan-Africanism...
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