The Igbo people The author, Chinua Achebe, writes in the novel Things Fall Apart about a Nigerian man named Okonkwo, whose main goal is to not become like his father. The novel starts after he successfully becomes the village wrestling champion at the age of eighteen. After Okonkwo makes a mistake he and his family are forced to leave his village for several years. By the time he and his family returned it had been taken over by Catholic missionaries.…
This led to diseases being spread and the population decreasing in African kingdoms. However, the effect of colonization wasn’t necessarily all atrocious. Many beneficial things were introduced, such as western education, modern transportation, and the construction of infrastructures. In general, though, imperialism's cons outweigh the pros because many of the “positive” effects did little to zero good for the Africans. Things such as western education could only be helpful to a small group of wealthy Africans who could afford it; still, millions of Africans were still being exploited and starved.…
Nigeria is a country located in West Africa that at one point was inhabited mainly by various tribes. It went through invasions from other countries but was soon able to drive out foreigners and become its own country. Nigeria grew drastically from the 1890’s till now. In the early 1800’s, people were constantly being take from the many villages and sold as slaves abroad.…
The definition of the word civilized is opinion based. But being civilized is not simply just being objective it is subjective as well. There are two sides because the only way to to define the word civilized and to say whether a culture is civilized or not is to be apart of that culture. So i believe that the only way for me to know if the ibo culture is civilized is if i was apart of that culture.…
Imperialism in Africa During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, European countries were trying to colonize the rest of the world to expand their influence and to increase their financial opportunity. However, europeans were not content on colonizing these places by using their own hands. European countries used slaves to form the base of their colonies, and to do the majority of the debilitating physical labor. Most of these slaves were Africans.…
The biggest impact that colonialism had on the Maasai is a result of the land loss they endure during due to British colonization. When the Europeans arrived in East Africa the Maasai were settled on 155000 km^2 of land. By 1913 the space of land that the Maasai were allowed to occupy was reduced to 40000 km^2 (Fao.org). In addition, other ethnic groups lost land to European settlers and as a result moved into the little land the Maasai still had access too. Having to share their smaller portion of land with other groups had a negative effect on grazing of cattle.…
Europeans have dominated many countries as well enforced harsh punishments upon Africans they degraded them as if they were not human beings. As we know from history, slave traders attacked the natives' villages, caught the defenseless people and sold them to companies, who used them for various labors. When it came down to trade as well as economics and political power they did whatever they felt was necessary to gain control of the Africans. Because of imperialism people were taken from their lands and separated from their families, once separated the Europeans would gain full control and access to free labor. Not only did Africans fear the whites, whites also feared blacks so they place collars and chains around there necks this would ensure…
Imperialism is defined as when a stronger nation dominates a weaker one, socially and economically. As once Edward W said: “Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate." Here Edward is trying to say that many nations/countries may want to be the superior and alpha one of another, they say it’s for the better rule and to take away control just to put more control. Europe only wanted one thing and it was a competition for colonies. Imperialism created tensions in Europe.…
Heritage assessment of three different cultures The heritage assessment tool is an important tool that is used to evaluate, maintain and protect how people’s culture reflect their way of life when taking care of their healthcare needs. As people interact with each other, it does not mean that they have forgotten their culture or backgrounds. People have retained their traditional norms and practices and still adopt the modern lifestyles that steps off the traditional norm (Spector, 2009). The Health care providers need to consider each patient’s tradition and cultural values in other to help meet the specific needs of that patient.…
This paper’s goal is to describe the effects of imperialism on modern Africa. This paper will compare many of the countries that were affected by imperialism, and look at both the positive and negative aspects of imperialism, such as the increase of education and the abuse of the African people. I will also look at the countries that used imperialism, and look how they benefited. By the time this essay is finished I hope to know the best and the worst of imperialism in Africa. And understand why some countries felt the need to conquer smaller countries.…
According to Dictionary.com, imperialism is defined as "the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies”. In simple terms, imperialism is the process in which one state imposes its control upon another through military force or political action in order to exploit the area for raw materials and strategic purposes. In the modern world, terrorism is a form of imperialism because they both contain the process of taking territory/land, take control of the people, and use their resources. In addition to that, terrorism also “brainwashes” the locals to make them think differently. Similar events are happening in North Korea where Kim Jong Un brainwashes his country’s people to make the think that he is a god.…
Politically, Imperialism wasn’t as bad in Nigeria because they were indirect rule with local Nigerians in charge however the British controlled the local rulers. Economically, Imperialism was a fail, because their trade monopoly was broken the British colonized Nigeria for their resources and was charging them more than they were before. Socially, Imperialism was, a disgrace, the British came into Nigeria separating their land, ruining different social groups causing people to change, learn a new religion, and pushing civilians with certain cultural styles to another side. Nigeria was indirectly ruled, which was when, leaders that are already in place stood with some of the same ideas and the British took charge of the Nigerian government.…
Firstly, Europeans uprooted spiritual and traditional values of the African people. The spread of Christianity had many negative influences. Missionaries had shown themselves intolerant and ignorant of traditional religious beliefs and social practices of African people.10 They were often horrified by the common practice of Polygamy. In the 1860s, white teachers in Africa warned villagers about their “lax” sexual ways and sinful tendencies. In addition, European imperial powers prompted different naming cultures.…
Colonialism is the conquest and settlement of territory by people from another territory, and the colonizer established direct political and economic control over the native inhabitants and their land. "When one group is strong enough to push another around and stands to gain by it, it will do so" (Stokes 2001:3). Europeans was effective in colonization because of its cultural values that promoted economic growth. Weber’s Protestant Ethic brought religious value of engaging in trades and making more money to become a better business person.…
This is why the Igbo accordingly do not allow their children and young ones to assimilate into the white missionaries’ religion, culture, education and reject the missionaries’ attempts to teach them a new language due to their devotion of their own Igbo language. In addition to attempting to assimilate the Igbo people, the missionaries change the way their society operates. Before the “white man” arrived, the Igbo had a judicial court system passed down for generations in harmony with their culture, values and beliefs. The Igbo court system was headed by their elders who are believed to be very wise and knowledgeable in their religion according to the Igbo. One of the many mistakes of the missionaries was that they changed the way their court system functioned by replacing the Igbo judicial system with…