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“DARK” CONTINENT\n“Dark Continent” – racist terminology referred to both the peoples of Africa and their alleged ignorance\nIn reality, Africa has always had diverse groups of people with their own unique cultures and histories\nCivilizations\nLanguages\nReligions\nGEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA\nContinent – not a country\nContinent is three times larger than Europe\nNorthern Africa – desert\nMid-to-southern Africa – diverse climates and topography\nFOREIGN HISTORY IN AFRICA\nGreeks controlled Egypt after conquest by Alexander the Great\nPtolemaic dynasty\nRomans ruled all areas along the Mediterranean coastline, including northern Africa\nMediterranean – “Roman lake”\nArab traders converted many Africans to Islam from the 7th century\nSource of slaves for the Americas from the 17th century\nBut little foreign interest in the interior of sub-Saharan Africa\nThe “OPENING UP” OF AFRICA\nMid-1800s\nMissionaries and explorers sparked foreign interest in Africa\nDAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873)\nScottish missionary\n1841-1873 – lived in central Africa\nExplored Africa\nNamed Lake Victoria after the British queen\nConverted many Africans to Christianity\nWrote books on Africa which piqued foreign interest\n1871 – reported “lost”\n“Found” by Henry Stanley\n“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”\nHENRY STANLEY (1841-1904)\nWelsh-American reporter\n“Found” Dr. Livingstone in Africa\n“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”\nExplored Africa\nCongo River\nLake Tanganyika\nLake Victoria\nWorked with Belgium’s King Leopold II and his African colonization company\nInternational African Society\nKARL PETERS (1856-1918)\nGerman explorer in Africa\nOrganized and propagandized for Germany’s colonial expansion\nFounded the Society for German Colonization\nAcquired German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania)\nConvinced Otto von Bismarck to take over German East Africa and increase Germany’s colonies in Africa\nCECIL RHODES (1853-1902)\nBritish businessman and politician in southern Africa\nMade a fortune from African diamond mines\nEstablished South African Company\nLand later became Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)\nPrime minister of Cape Colony (1890-1896)\nWanted British control over South Africa\nWanted Cape-to-Cairo Railroad\nArchitect of British imperialism in southern Africa\nGreat Britain became leading colonial power in southern Africa\nCECIL RHODES (1853-1902)\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nKING LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM (1835-1909)\nTook over land in central Africa\nBerlin Conference (1885)\nLeopold’s control over Congo Free State recognized by major powers\nBelgian Congo (1908)\nLeopold criticized for the cruelty of his rule in the Congo\nLeopold forced to sell Congo Free State to Belgian government\nRenamed Belgian Congo\nCreated European race for African colonies – “Scramble for Africa”\nDiamonds, foodstuffs, gold, ivory, rubber\nBRITISH IN SOUTHERN AFRICA\n1815 – British took Cape Colony from the Dutch\nBoers moved north\nTransvaal\n1886 – gold discovered and British moved in\n1881 and 1895 – British attempted to take Transvaal from the Boers\nOrange Free State\nBoer War (1899-1892)\nDutch led by President Paul Kruger\nBritish won\nUNION OF SOUTH AFRICA\nCreated in 1910\nIncluded Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal, and Transvaal\nSelf-government\nBRITISH COLONIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA\nRhodesia (now Zimbabwe)\nNamed for Cecil Rhodes\nNorth of Union of South Africa\nBechuanaland (now Botswana)\n1885 – became a British protectorate\nKenya\n1888 – became a British protectorate\nClick to edit Master title style\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nBRITISH IN NORTH AFRICA\nEgypt – in name ruled by Ottoman Turks, but largely independent\nEuropean capital investments\nSuez Canal opened in 1869\nBuilt by the Egyptians and French\nTaken over by the British (1875)\nBritish Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli\nBought shares in Suez Canal Company from Egypt\nEgypt was nearly bankrupt 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