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Explain six factors which facilitated European colonization of Africa in 19th Century

      

Explain six factors which facilitated European colonization of Africa in 19th Century

  

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samuel
i) Some Africans rulers were ignorant of the true implications of the protectorate treaties which they signed with the European imperialists/signing treaties

ii) Some Africans collaborated with imperials who used superior military weapons against the African communities

iii) The Europeans imperialists used superior military weapons against the African communities

iv) European imperialist missionaries who were already operating in Africa persuaded some African rulers to accept European rule
For example, in Bulgaria, Kaka Mwanga had refused to sign a protectorate treaty with captain Fredrick Lugard in 1890 but the Christian missionaries persuaded him to sign it

v) European traders operating in Africa persuaded their respective governments to acquire those African territories which they regarded as their commercial spheres

vi) The discovery of quinine during the first half of the 19th Century reduced the European mortality rate in Africa
This made it possible for Europeans to stay in Africa and impose their rule on the Africans

vii) The Europeans had worked out their strategies of occupation in Berlin Conference
They also cooperated to deal with the African/Berlin Conference
lemass answered the question on April 22, 2019 at 09:17


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