Europeans would often trick the Africans into signing agreements that were exponentially better for the Europeans rather than the Africans. The …show more content…
Armed solely with their outdated weaponry and the the knowledge that the Europeans had much more advanced and deadly weapons, many Africans did everything they could to avoid war. The Ndebele tribe in Southern Africa tried desperately to stay on good terms with the British, despite their constant advances. The Ndebele surrendered to the British almost immediately and were treated like slaves, with their women raped and lives now directed by the white men. The Ndebele tolerated this treatment as long as they could, but there was no preventing the rebellion that arose, and the grave loss of African life that came as a result of that. There was no organization and most importantly their guns were no match for those of the Europeans (Document 4). Despite many attempts the Ndebele lost every time, and for the time being they had to settle into their positions as the slaves of the white men. A similar story can be told regarding the Herero people in German occupied South-West Africa. The Herero people had