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The Background of European Colonialism in Africa
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The main reasons for European colonization of Africa were:
A. Economic:
Demand for raw materials and the need for new market centers were the most visible ones. The 1800s was a time of great industrialization in Europe. Factories required raw materials that could be manufactured into marketable products. When Europeans returned to Africa for more resources they brought back the manufactured goods and sold them to Africans. Africa was believed to have a great amount of untapped raw material resources (agricultural products like groundnuts, palm oil, wood, cotton and gum; and mining like
Rubber, gold and diamonds).
B. Political/ Strategic interest:
Major world powers like Great Britain, France, and Spain were competing for power and prestige. European powers were more interested in dominating strategic territories and favorable locations for military and naval bases.
C. The Civilizing Mission and the White Man’s Burden:
The civilizing mission is a rationale for intervention or colonization of other non-western peoples like Africa. The Europeans presented themselves as having a mission of spreading civilization, commerce and Christianity across the globe. The clear implication of this was that Africans were inferior and uncivilized and Europeans were superior and civilized. Another concept which is closely related to the civilizing mission is the so called
‘the white man’s burden.’ Originally, the white man’s burden was a poem written by an English poet, Rudyard Kipling in 1899. This poem proposes that white people should rule over non-white people until they can take their place in the world by fully adopting western ways.
D. Religious factor:
Some missionaries supported the colonization of African countries believing that European control would provide a political environment that would facilitate their missionary activities in Africa.