The Resistance
The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. This is the definition of Colonialism that can be found online if the reader googles colonialism. What is not mentioned in the definition is how this term systematically unbalanced, the world and created a plethora of turmoil and greed. The colonization of Africa was not an easy feat, the European colonizers often refused to engage in fair and equal trade with African royalty. However, the advanced weaponry Europeans wielded convinced the natives of the land they were superior.
In the late 19th and 20th centuries, these imperialist of European descent seized and colonized the indigenous …show more content…
Chief Bambatha was displeased the way the Europeans treated his people. Britain had subjugated the chief’s people to pay one pound of tax and the Europeans stole their land. The Zulu chief commanded that Britain return the stolen land and lift the tax placed upon his people. However, this revolt was not good enough the chief and a few thousand of his supporters were slaughtered. South West Africa, Zimbabwe and Eastern Africa had their fair share of revolts and rebellion against the British Crown, German Imperialist and other European nations. They all followed the same pattern. Defeat. The Maji Maji revolt in East Africa was created by Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale. He was a Tanzanian spiritualist and a leader of the 1905–1907 Maji Maji Rebellion against colonial rule in German East Africa. The reason behind the revolt was the forced labor and taxation of the African indigenous by the German government. The belief in African spirit mediums and a massive Ethiopian presence was shared among these revolts thought the land. The primary goal of Ethiopian spirituality was to renew and restore the culture and traditions of the native
The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. This is the definition of Colonialism that can be found online if the reader googles colonialism. What is not mentioned in the definition is how this term systematically unbalanced, the world and created a plethora of turmoil and greed. The colonization of Africa was not an easy feat, the European colonizers often refused to engage in fair and equal trade with African royalty. However, the advanced weaponry Europeans wielded convinced the natives of the land they were superior.
In the late 19th and 20th centuries, these imperialist of European descent seized and colonized the indigenous …show more content…
Chief Bambatha was displeased the way the Europeans treated his people. Britain had subjugated the chief’s people to pay one pound of tax and the Europeans stole their land. The Zulu chief commanded that Britain return the stolen land and lift the tax placed upon his people. However, this revolt was not good enough the chief and a few thousand of his supporters were slaughtered. South West Africa, Zimbabwe and Eastern Africa had their fair share of revolts and rebellion against the British Crown, German Imperialist and other European nations. They all followed the same pattern. Defeat. The Maji Maji revolt in East Africa was created by Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale. He was a Tanzanian spiritualist and a leader of the 1905–1907 Maji Maji Rebellion against colonial rule in German East Africa. The reason behind the revolt was the forced labor and taxation of the African indigenous by the German government. The belief in African spirit mediums and a massive Ethiopian presence was shared among these revolts thought the land. The primary goal of Ethiopian spirituality was to renew and restore the culture and traditions of the native