Protectorate

constructed. In early 1892 Flora Shaw, “The Times” colonial editor did extensive traveling in Parts of Africa. During her time in what was formerly known as the Royal Niger Company Territories she coined the name “Nigeria” to refer to the British protectorate along the Niger River (Kwarteng, 2012). Around the same time, Lord Salsbury, the Prime Minister of Britain at the time observed that, “we…

British teacher as an unfair person. The type of racist mentality was not fair to the kids, and they were exposed to it because of colonization by Britain. These kids that received an education were actually somewhat luckier than most. In “Colony and Protectorate of Kenya” It shows how education was split up unfairly among different races. European kids had to go to school, whereas Africans did not have to go. 83 pounds were spent per european student, but only 4 pounds were spent each African…

masterpiece Paradise Lost. John Milton was briefly involved in the Puritan Revolt, and in that time he defended the English citizens through his writing. Milton’s involvement mainly took place during the Protectorate when he served civil duties. Once he pronounced himself the ruler of the Protectorate, Cromwell changed many aspects of the English society. For instance, censored the press, forbade sports, closed the theatres, and permitted the Jews to return to England. He also caused many of the…

Slaves were used in the plantation, mainly growing palm trees. The production of palm oil was a major source of income for the rich farmers and for the English government as they raised taxes on the sale of palm oil. Abina was a slave in one of the protectorates, Asante (Abina Page 6). One night, she decided to escape hemaster and she walked to the town of Cape Coast “They say that in Cape Coast all are free…” (Abina Page 7) tofind freedom. Abina found out that she needed a piece of paper saying…

wondered how Kenya came to be? Well, before Kenya was even its original name it was called “Kamba land” and was only renamed because of a German wanderer asking what a mountain was called. Then Britain soon took control of this land, making it their protectorate. After Britain a man named Jomo Kenyatta became the very first president of Kenya and is well known for helping Kenya gain freedom from Britain. Before Britain, Kenya was a peaceful part of the world that had been stumbled upon by a…

Morocco seems to draw the portrait of its relations with the European Union and Sub-Saharan African countries including the African Union over the Western Sahara issue. Accordingly, the Moroccanism component of the postcolonial Moroccan national identity is preferred to Europeanism and Africanism when it comes to the Western Sahara issue. But a more important point is that Moroccanism was a strong component not only for Western Sahara but even after the postcolonial period. In an article,…

Other countries present in the capital Caribbean area such as Nicaragua, Panama, Haiti and the Dominican Republic faced United Sates invasion either through the U.S Protectorate or Quasi Protectorate to spread the blessings of democracy and civilization. Despite United Sates ideals of its spreading of blessing of democracy and civilization, America, in the process of becoming a world power, was a ruthless expander, who oversaw the…

Malawi was settled by early homo sapiens as early as 50,000 years ago, but the recorded history of the area doesn’t begin until 13th to 15th century with the arrival of the Bantu people. The Bantu who immigrated to the area made significant contributions with the creation of a centralized governmental system. In 1480, the Maravi Confederacy was created. During the next two centuries, this confederacy would spread its influence throughout many parts of southern and central Malawi and at one time…

region on behalf of the British government, and in 1890 Captain F.D. Lugard, the company’s agent, signed another treaty with Mwanga, whose kingdom of Buganda was now placed under the company’s protection”(Britannica). This quote describes how the protectorate was in place to help the Ugandans remain safe, but they were safe before, and then it gives the British a reason to easily extract the resources that the Ugandans have. This is an excellent example in showing how the British did not treat…

even though they only made their country worse. Great Britain also did this as well when Sir Edward Hertslet created a map of all the countries the Europeans owned in Africa. On the key of the map next to the British, it says “possessions and protectorates”. This was used to make Great Britain seem like they are only there to support the countries it was holding instead of just imperializing them. Europe also viewed Africa to be used as a tool to make a profit. A political cartoon published in…