(Sudarkasa 90)” A fellow black scholar in the field, Allen, argued in 1979 that Black family patterns cannot be explained without reference to the socio-economic contexts in which they developed, and this is extremely true. It is important to look at the primary origin of the black family, and in order to do such; it is necessary to look at Africa. A chief distinguishing characteristic of African families is that they embody two bases for membership:
Imperialism in Africa In 1884, European imperialist nations met at the Berlin Conference and carved Africa up like a cake. Great Britain took Rhodesia, Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa, while Portugal took Angola and Mozambique, and Belgium took the Congo. France set up colonies in Morocco, West Africa, Algeria, and Madagascar, while Italy took Libya and Eritrea, and Spain took Rio de Oro. At the Conference, (which did not include African representatives), Europe based new colonial boundaries on natural resources and disregarded the tribal and ethnic boundaries that had existed for centuries. Enemy tribes were often forced to live together, which resulted in civil wars over the years.
The idea of nationalism is that any person, who believes in their country, that it has potential and strength to grow and become strong, will fight for the country. They will dedicate themselves to their birthplace, their home. The person will be dedicated in fixing any faults that the country may have. The colonists did not see that the black nationalists saw them as a fault that needed fixing. (Source B) The colonists (or the main fault) did not realize the many mistakes they made when they colonized Congo.
The Rise of Colonialism in Africa Between 1870 and 1900, Europe set out to colonize Africa for their raw materials. Africa was up against invasions of Europe's military and diplomatic pressures. This did not happen without a fight, and Africans were not happy about this attempt to be colonized. With the exception of Ethiopia and Liveria, Africa had been colonized by Europe by the early twentieth century. Europe wanted to set up and colonize in Africa, mainly because of Africa's raw materials it was purely economic.
Some of the first civilizations started in Africa, and forever after other civilizations wanted to conquer Africa as a means of showing their global superiority. Africa's worst domination, however, came from the Europeans. European colonization set the stage for imperialism that Africa deals with to this day. Before the resurgence of imperialism Africa was a resourceful continent. During imperialism, Europeans went into Africa and stripped its land of its resources and this also changed the climate negatively.
to 1500 A.D. The Kush Empire began as an independent state that was established in 2000 BC, and was located just north of the Nile River. Its economy was based on farming until it discovered trade. The Kushites found large deposits of iron. They used it to make tools and weapons, and built a trade empire with its center at Meroe.
To what extend was the colonisation and decolonisation of Britain’s Africa driven by individuals within Africa? Before the 1870’s Africa was largely unknown to the outside world but, in the 1880’s the scramble of Africa began, where European counties, especially Britain all wanted to colonise Africa. Was the whole reason for British colonising Africa economically or strategically driven or was it led by individuals in Africa (men on the spot) or was it more of a top down process led by the government in Britain? And even though Britain fought so hard to control large parts of Africa it is clear that after World II Britain’s empire was declining especially after India gain independence in 1947. However, the British did try to revive their African empire in the late 40’s and early 50’s but their sudden fall into a steep imperial decline with the Suez crises saw individuals like Macmillan to acknowledge that decolonisation was the only way forward, as it would be more beneficial for Britain to decolonise than to resist the rise of nationalism.
(Culture, music, hair, style) -Capital-P-Africanism is political. Ex. Opera building a school in Africa for the student over there. Transatlantic Slave Trade 3) Why were Africans neither inferior nor Europeans superior as it relates to the Transatlantic trade? -The Africans were not knowledgeable and the Europeans were.
Geography is unfair I agree with Ian Morris' idea that geography is the ultimate decisive power of human history. At the beginning of human history, the earliest man, homo sapiens, evolved in Africa between 200,000, then spread across the world in the last 60,000 years. This dispersal made humanity’s genes different, but some deeper parts of body did not change a lot (such as head shape or lactose tolerance). The western culture and eastern culture were not that big of a difference before the sixth century BC. Many western and eastern sages wrestled with much the same questions about life and society.
Another important part of African Traditional Religion is names, because names are used to express the concepts of Supreme Being. The rest of important oral elements in African Religion include prayers, legends, and folktales. The important elements of African Religion that aren’t oral include artistic impressions, artifacts, concrete manifestations, symbolic art, forms in shrines, sacred institutions, and archeological findings. African religion faces very many challenges today, including geographical impediments, generalization, colonial indoctrination, language barriers, and the effect of Western civilization. The future of African Traditional Religion is bright because it is receiving increased attraction in studies and