How did Europeans rule affect African cultures?

Answer 1

They increased the conflicts between the native populations and ethnic groups, leading to wars between tribes and between the colonizers and the natives.

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They led to civil wars

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They increased ethnic tension.

Answer 2

it led to the political instability in a country because our colonial masters took direct control over our Natural Resources such as gold , diamond and others.And we the African countries assimilated western culture such as wedding,love for foreign goods and style of dressing.In this way.we became ignorant of ourselves because of lack of formal education.so we adopted the system of trade which is known to be the,barter system meaning exchange of goods for another goods.for example,gold was exchange for mirror because , immediately we see ourselves in it.all and sundry became happy for ourselves

Answer 3

The European conquest of Africa had an effect on the Africans in the sense that it destroyed their communities and on the Europeans because of the many slaves that they gained, which in turn, affected the economies of both areas.

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-Africa lost its strongest members to slavery

-Africa lost lots of its population

-Africa lost much of it's culture and social structure

-Africa lost much of it's valuable resources to the enrichment of outsiders

-From 1500s-1800s 10.25 million slaves were exported from Africa

-Africa gains guns

-Slavery helps plantations grow cash crops

-Africa lost centuries of growth and development for Africans

Answer 4

The coming of Europeans to South Africa affected the life of many people in a negative manner. The Europeans came to Africa and turned many of the people into slave and started the era of slavery.

Answer 5

It was in almost all cases practiced for no longer than 70 years in all, from around 1880/1890 until 1950/1960. The reason for colonization strangely enough was the abolition of slavery. After abolishing the slave trade themselves in 1806, the British had become very active opponents of slavery and fought it worldwide.

African countries at the time were awash with slaves, held by other Africans; in some countries up to 1/3rd of the population were held as slaves by their countrymen. Local rulers saw slavery as the backbone of their societies and economy and refused to abolish it when the British pressured them. So physically taking over power was seen as the only way to get it abolished. Even then the British government was reluctant because of the cost, but then they realized that colonizing the east of Africa might at the same time offer them control over the sea route to India, the only colonial property they really treasured. The French then colonized the West, mostly because of their Gloire (national 'glory') and to restore the balance of power between the two nations who were not always friendly to each other.

Colonial rule was mostly a matter of a mere handful of Europeans who set up the administrative structure and manned a few key posts and 90% local officials who were trained for their work locally or in Europe, sometimes even at University level. The reason for this was simple: Europeans would die like fleas from tropical diseases for which there was yet no cure at the time, and there were hardly any to be found with knowledge of local culture and languages and indifferent to an over 50% chance of dying during their tour of duty.

One long-lasting problem of this personnel policy was that often officials were chosen from mostly one local tribe that was seen as loyal and having an above-average aptitude for the job. This 'minority rule' of one tribe in a country - like e.g. the Tutsi's in Ruanda and the Kikuyu in Kenya - later led to much racial conflict.

Answer 6

you answer it ok

Answer 7

tHE coming of the europeans turned many people into slavery especially in Ghana and we were packed like sardines and shipped straight away to Elimina castle ( Edna)