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15 Cards in this Set
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Negritude
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a. Develops in the French speaking colonies
i. Policy of assimilation ii. All Africans would become “French” b. Blackness within their identities in French c. World view of Africans within the French i. Affirming that there was a black perspective on being French 1. Literary movement 2. Comparable to the Harlem Renaissance ii. Poetry Consisted of Two Images 1. Pre-colonial utopia 2. Post-colonial suffering |
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British Indirect Rule
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a. Held in contempt the idea that an African could become an Englishmen
i. New elites in Africa were an annoyance and not a true African b. Schools run by missionaries c. Ruled through leaders already in place |
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French Direct Rule
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a. They placed an administrator
b. Set up infrastructure i. Schools, etc. c. Allow Africans to become “French” d. Did allow for Africans to rise through the ranks to be government officials e. Bureaucrats were on French payroll and were told how to live |
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Belgian Paternalism
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a. Idea in Belgian Congo society
b. Africans are children i. Their educational, cultural, etc. would take centuries to evolve to be self governed ii. Took on policy off children 1. Provide only primary school, no secondary a. In 1960 when Congo gets their freedom, 13 college grads within the entire country |
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The "New" Imperialism
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a. Search for raw materials and search for new markets
i. Conquest of Africa, conquest of Asia b. Emerged from the struggle for industrialization mid 1800s i. Germany, US, Russia, Japan emerge as powers ii. Competition for the industrial powers in the non-industrial worlds c. Early 19th century, original N. and S. American colonies start following apart and need new resources and conquests |
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African Nationalism
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a. A political movement for a united Africa and the acknowledgement of African tribes and safeguarding traditional customs
i. ANC in South Africa ii. National Congress of West Africa iii. PNC not allowed whites. Black supremacy |
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Afrikaner Nationalism
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a. Believed in creating their own nation-state with the exclusion of Africans
b. Descendants of white would be start of a new nation, new identity (new language) |
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African National congress
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a. Started around 1912
i. Seeking legal ending of segregation policy ii. Persuing non-violent means to end apartheid b. After Massacre i. No legal remedies ii. Sabotage and no direct open attacks |
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Congo Free State
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a. The Congo Free State was a corporate state privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians through a dummy non-governmental organization, the Association Internationale Africaine. Leopold was the sole shareholder and chairman. The state included the entire area of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo and existed from 1885 to 1908.
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Tippu Tip
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a. Tippu Tip or Tib (1837 - June 14, 1905), real name Hamed bin Mohammed bin Juma bin Rajab bin Mohammed bin Said el Murgebi, was a Swahili-Zanzibari trader, notorious slaver, plantation owner and governor. Working for a succession of sultans of Zanzibar, he led many trading expeditions into east-central Africa, sometimes involving slave trade and ivory.
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Apartheid
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13. Apartheid
a. Segregation regime in South Africa b. Africans not considered citizens c. Political rights found on 20% of land for Africans i. 80% for whites with the most resources d. Pass system i. Africans required to carry identification and were told when and where they could be on the streets. e. Vertical segregation |
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Sharpesville Massacre
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a. Originally sought out to battle apartheid non-violently
b. Pan-African decide to hold a protest i. Really focusing on the “pass” system 1. Identification and where you were allowed to be c. South African police massacred scores of non-violent protestors d. Became a significant turning point on how to respond to apartheid i. Take up arms to respond the regime 1. No legal remedies 2. Peaceful protests not working e. ANC (African National Congress) i. Started around 1910 1. Seeking legal ending of segregation policy 2. Persuing non-violent means to end apartheid ii. After Massacre 1. No legal remedies f. Arms struggle in Africa i. No acts against civilian populations |
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South African "Black Consciousnes" Movement
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a. Steve Biko
b. Argues that apartheid made Africans feel part of an unwanted race c. Part of the insight of the Black Consciousness Movement was in understanding that black liberation would not only come from imagining and fighting for structural political changes, as older movements like the ANC did, but also from psychological transformation in the minds of black people themselves. This analysis suggested that to take power, black people had to believe in the value of their blackness. That is, if black people believed in democracy, but did not believe in their own value, they would not truly be committed to gaining power. |
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Idi Amin
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a. di Amin Dada (mid-1920s [1] – 16 August 2003), commonly known simply as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan dictator who served as the President of Uganda. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles in 1946, and advanced to the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army. He took power in a military coup in January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. His rule was characterized by human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic persecution, extra-judicial killings and the expulsion of Indians from Uganda. The number of people killed as a result of his regime is unknown; estimates from human rights groups range from 100,000 to 500,000.
b. 1971-1979. c. Third president of Uganda |
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Mau Mau Rebellion
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a. The Mau Mau were a militant African nationalist movement active in Kenya during the 1950s whose main aim was to remove British rule and European settlers from the country
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