Now you’re about to move on from slavery to imperialism in Africa. During the period 1870-1914, Africa is being “scrambled” for, colonized and exploited by Europeans nations. There are four different parts that we want you to look into; 1. The scramble for Africa, 2. Britain’s role and impact on Africa, 3. France’s role and impact on Africa and 4. the impact on infrastructure and development of transportation. Below we will recommend valuable and rewarding resources where the parts sometimes melt together.
First of all, search our library catalog and see what we have in print, then you can do a search on our online encyclopedias; now we have two different – Worldbook (Africa) (Berlin Conference) and Britannica (Colonialism and Imperialism) (Africa) and here you can find some information about the resistance that also took place.
If you want to take a “crash course” produced by Khan Academy hosted by the engaging John Green, click here! Start 3.24 minutes into the presentation.
And here is a 45 minute documentary by Al Jazeera talking about the “The scramble for Africa” that is going on also today. The documentary also puts this in a historical context.
Maps can be really visual and make complex events a bit easier to understand. BBC has shared Royal Geographical Society’s historical maps and they are explained by Cliff Pereira and Zagba Oyortey.
The National Archives also provides a map lesson focusing on the role of the British Empire and here you can also find really interesting primary sources describing the era! The British Museum has a collection of resources dealing with the colonial rule and independence in different African countries. The Metropolitan Museum of Art can also offer rich resources when it comes to art, world maps, timelines and general information.
We also would like to recommend two great websites that’s called Africana Age and Women in World History focusing on North Africa and French rule
In order to find out more about African infrastructure and transportation, you need to understand the key events of European industrialisation that had taken place and made the economies of Europe stronger Europe also had a military advantage, for example in the form of the rifled gunbarrel.
Keywords: the Suez Canal, Steamboats and Steam Lokomotives
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