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	African History
	... • It was between the Hausa (elite majority wholived in cities) and Fulani (migrants from Senegambia) • Students and slave joined the Fulain to overthrow the Hausa( they were successful) • Through the jihad the Sokoto Caliphate was created- a state made up 30 empires • This jihad was the inspiration for other 2 jihads: Futa Toro-1834 and Futa Jallon in 1850’s • MAU MAU • White man go back to (E), (A) gets independence • It started in Kenya w/ the Kikuyu people • Who were joined by the Kenyan army in rebellion against the (GB) colonizers • The Kenyan ppl found that after they returned from fighting alongside the (GB) in WW2 their land including the rift valley which was the most fertile land in Kenya was taken away from them and given to (GB) settlers • The Kikuyu ppl who remained in Kenya during the war were really upset that they had to build houses for the (GB) settlers which the colonizers justified as the Kenyan ppl built the houses as a way of paying the tax they owed (GB) • the unfair circumstances they launched the Mau Mau rebellion which was fought in the style of guerilla warfare • AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) • It was formed in 1912 in (SA) • It is the oldest liberation group in the (A) continent formed after the Bore war • Started off as a non violent civil rights group • Selby Msomang was the ANC founding member • The fought against Apartheid (segregation and oppression of blacks from whites in SA) • They launched a boycotting and defiance campaign in defiance of unjust laws i. ... w/ the gun (E) was easily able to impose their will on (A) ppl • both the bible through the spreading of Christianity and draining ppl o0f their cultural beliefs and the gun forcing ppl to change their ways of life assimilated the (A) ppl • KWAME NKRUMAH • Was an African elite who was educated in the west • Liberated the Gold Coast now known as Ghana from (GB) • b/m the 1st president of the independent Ghana in 1957 • Ghana was the 1st nation in the (A) continent to receive independence in 1957 • Nkurumah was a pan -africanist, who’s ultimate goal was to unite all of Africa • With this goal in mind he founded the organization of African Unity • However b-4 he could achieve his goal he was overthrown 20th Century RISE OF NATIONALISM IN AFRICA AFTER WW2 WW2 and fighting • (A) colonies got involved b/c colonial pwrs were involved • (A) armies were sent to (E) to fight alongside the (E) troops • in the war (A) troops were treated like the (E) troops • (A) troops saw a diff side of the colonizers. ... 19th and 20th Century CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN AFRICA • women’s history completely neglected… history= men, women seen as victims or property of men. ... wood… • able to raise own economy by using (A) • Made (A) monoculture and determine the worldmarket price so they always get best deal 19th Century  IMPACT ON AFRICAN SOCITIES FROM SLAVERY 2 LC Slave trade Politically • Chiefs who went along recived good, pwr and protected their ppl • Constant fear of invasion Economically • Sustained the economy • Ppl b/m goods • Economically underdeveloped b/c relied on slaves • Got guns to get food • Got taxes, duties and levies Socially • Took ppl in their prime • Creativity stunted • Displaced many ppl • More females left in (A) • New diseases Illegal slave trade • Lowered economic growth • Forced ppl to find new ways Legitimate commerce • Excess slave on the coast set up plantations and use them as labour • Produced export products • Relied on agriculture • Also began exploiting resources id not really develop other industries • Made (A) monoculture and determine the world market price so they always get best deal • Used land to grow cash crops, food for sustenance limited… • Relied on world market prices of crops in order to get out of debt • Bought many of the necessity from other countries.

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Title: African History

Words: 2839
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Pages: 11.4
submitted by: brownin

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