1. Arusha Declaration was a declaration made by Nyerere in 1967. It consisted of self-rule tactics with little to no help from outside nations. Economic affluence was based on community sharing, a form of socialism.
2. Felix Houphouet-Boigny was a protest leader in one of France’s colonies. He took a different approach with separation from Europeans. Instead of turning to socialistic administration, Felix stressed the importance of maintaining a healthy with European rulers so economic development continues.
3. Gezira cotton-growing scheme was a large irrigation project that began in Sudan. It was used to produce a large amount of the country’s cash crops. This project was used in other nations of Africa after witness its success in Sudan. …show more content…
The methods employed by African leadership in response to neocolonialism varied. Kwame Nkrumah’s response was spreading of wealth. He believed it was the government’s job to regulate the country’s affluence for its inhabitants, basically socialism. The thought behind this was to build infrastructure independently without outside aid and if outside help was to be accepted, it was done for the success of national development. This way all economic surpluses could be kept for the people. All resources, food, products would be kept inside the nation. Another approach to dealing with neocolonialism came from East Africa by a man named Tanzania Julius Nyerere. His view consisted of a classless system where everyone put in equal work and reaped the same benefits. His goal was to take things back to traditional African ways. Unfortunately, his approach required Western tools, which was contradictory to his non-outside aid …show more content…
The most harmful impact of colonialism on Africa was losing self-rule. The loss of independence hindered Africans greatly because they didn’t have the opportunity to develop on their own. They didn’t have the opportunity to properly urbanize and choose which outside aid they would like to form foundations with or mimic. They lost the opportunity to grow and learn from failure. So when independence was given, no one knew what to do. There were some positives though, one being the construction of transportation routes via railroads and roads. Another positive was the education of the African elite by European missionaries, which led to the expelling of European leadership in
2. Felix Houphouet-Boigny was a protest leader in one of France’s colonies. He took a different approach with separation from Europeans. Instead of turning to socialistic administration, Felix stressed the importance of maintaining a healthy with European rulers so economic development continues.
3. Gezira cotton-growing scheme was a large irrigation project that began in Sudan. It was used to produce a large amount of the country’s cash crops. This project was used in other nations of Africa after witness its success in Sudan. …show more content…
The methods employed by African leadership in response to neocolonialism varied. Kwame Nkrumah’s response was spreading of wealth. He believed it was the government’s job to regulate the country’s affluence for its inhabitants, basically socialism. The thought behind this was to build infrastructure independently without outside aid and if outside help was to be accepted, it was done for the success of national development. This way all economic surpluses could be kept for the people. All resources, food, products would be kept inside the nation. Another approach to dealing with neocolonialism came from East Africa by a man named Tanzania Julius Nyerere. His view consisted of a classless system where everyone put in equal work and reaped the same benefits. His goal was to take things back to traditional African ways. Unfortunately, his approach required Western tools, which was contradictory to his non-outside aid …show more content…
The most harmful impact of colonialism on Africa was losing self-rule. The loss of independence hindered Africans greatly because they didn’t have the opportunity to develop on their own. They didn’t have the opportunity to properly urbanize and choose which outside aid they would like to form foundations with or mimic. They lost the opportunity to grow and learn from failure. So when independence was given, no one knew what to do. There were some positives though, one being the construction of transportation routes via railroads and roads. Another positive was the education of the African elite by European missionaries, which led to the expelling of European leadership in