The western educated Asian and Africans were able to lead most anti-colonial movements because they were informed. As the saying goes education is power.
The new class of educated Africans generally had a complex relationship with Western civilization and colonial rule. While they admired certain aspects of Western education, governance, and technology, they also recognized the injustices and exploitation inherent in colonial systems. This duality often led them to advocate for reform and greater rights within the colonial framework, while simultaneously fostering nationalist sentiments that sought independence and self-determination. Ultimately, many became key figures in the struggles against colonialism, pushing for a redefinition of their societies that integrated both indigenous and Western ideals.
Indigenous and western music.
Africans from West Africa were taken to the Western Hemisphere and sold as slaves to the European colonists.
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There are over 46 million Africans living in the Western Hemisphere, primarily in countries such as the United States, Brazil, and the Caribbean nations. This population includes individuals who are descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade, as well as more recent immigrants from African countries.
Africans came to the western hemisphere not as slaves at first. They came as indentured servants. However, it was believed to be 1619 when the Africans were brought as slaves from the western part of Africa.
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Salt and gold are some examples.
1500s
there was a very limited number of africans offered western education
Increased importation of enslaved Africans to the Western Hemisphere.
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