Eastern Africa: Imperialism
Imperialism In East Africa
By Hunter Gaglio
November 8th, 2012
When you think of imperialism, what comes to your mind? Well, what should come to mind is Africa; more importantly Central Africa because of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Congo for short. But what you probably don’t know is that the Eastern Region of Africa also experienced imperialism. What you may not know is who imperialized the majority of the Eastern African Region. Who imperialized Eastern Africa and why it was imperialized is what makes the Eastern African Region so unique.
Who were the major “imperializers” in Eastern Africa you may ask? Well, the biggest two where French and German; the third largest imperialism was the British. The French had imperialized Madagascar, which isn’t that big of a deal because they were in the water, on an island. The Germans imperializes what is now known as Tanzania. This was important because it lessened “product” or slaves into the Congo. The Germans imperialized Uganda, and Kenya, this is a problem for the Congo for the same reason Tanzania was a problem, slaves. Due to the different countries being imperialized, many fights or differences came about.
Why, oh why was Africa imperialized? Africa was imperialized for many reasons; one reason was for the Leopold was land and marking the start of his empire. Eastern Africa was imperialized due to minerals and of course the Berlin Act. Eastern Africa was rich in minerals; some of the lakes on the Great Rift Valley are nearly all mineral contained. Even though the imperializers on the eastern coast didn’t have much impact on the Congo they did have some indirect impact.
Since Africa is such a diverse country that is very reasonable to assume and research such diverse information about the country. If this country was taken over completely by Leopold, what would it be like today? Africa has diverse regions due to the geography and the people who imperialized that region.
By Hunter Gaglio
November 8th, 2012
When you think of imperialism, what comes to your mind? Well, what should come to mind is Africa; more importantly Central Africa because of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Congo for short. But what you probably don’t know is that the Eastern Region of Africa also experienced imperialism. What you may not know is who imperialized the majority of the Eastern African Region. Who imperialized Eastern Africa and why it was imperialized is what makes the Eastern African Region so unique.
Who were the major “imperializers” in Eastern Africa you may ask? Well, the biggest two where French and German; the third largest imperialism was the British. The French had imperialized Madagascar, which isn’t that big of a deal because they were in the water, on an island. The Germans imperializes what is now known as Tanzania. This was important because it lessened “product” or slaves into the Congo. The Germans imperialized Uganda, and Kenya, this is a problem for the Congo for the same reason Tanzania was a problem, slaves. Due to the different countries being imperialized, many fights or differences came about.
Why, oh why was Africa imperialized? Africa was imperialized for many reasons; one reason was for the Leopold was land and marking the start of his empire. Eastern Africa was imperialized due to minerals and of course the Berlin Act. Eastern Africa was rich in minerals; some of the lakes on the Great Rift Valley are nearly all mineral contained. Even though the imperializers on the eastern coast didn’t have much impact on the Congo they did have some indirect impact.
Since Africa is such a diverse country that is very reasonable to assume and research such diverse information about the country. If this country was taken over completely by Leopold, what would it be like today? Africa has diverse regions due to the geography and the people who imperialized that region.