LibGuides: World History--Imperialism Case Studies of African Nations: African Nations

Algeria

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North Africa, European Presence in (Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450)
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French Conquest of Algeria, 1830–1857 (World History: The Modern World)
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Why did France Colonize Algeria (1:00)
Algeria (Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire)
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What Methods did France Use to Rule Algeria? (2:16)
Opposition to the Occupation (US Dept. of State)
How did people in Algeria respond to colonialism? (2:38)
Abd al Qadir (World History: The Modern Era)
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Algerian War of Independence. (World History: The Modern Era)
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What was the Algerian War of Independence? (2:01)
Abd al-Hamid Ben Badis. ( World History: The Modern Era)
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Ben Bella, Ahmed (b. 1916) (Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction)
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Be sure to focus on Ben Bella's resistance activities before independence.

DRC

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Five mixed raced women taken from their mothers in DR Congo as children have gone to court after suing Belgium for crimes against humanity. The trial is the first of its kind. About 15 000 bi racial children were forcibly separated from their black mothers in the former Belgian colonies of DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. They were called children of sin and dumped in orphanages by the state (12:02)

Ghana

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Ghana (History of World Trade Since 1450)
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The Colonial Era: British Rule of the Gold Coast (US Dept. of State)
Colonial Administration (US Dept.of State)
Asante Wars (Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450)
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Aborigines' Rights Protection Society (Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450)
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Kwame Nkrumah (Encyclopedia of World Biography)
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Be sure to focus on Nkruma's resistance activities before independence.
Impact of the Slave Trade Through a Ghanaian Lens (14:47)
The Atlantic slave trade removed 12.5 million people from Africa and probably resulted in the death of millions more. This violence and forced migration caused long-term suffering at the individual and societal levels. Three Ghanaian scholars give us a sense of its impact on the coast, the interior, and the far north of this region. (14:47)

We often think of resistance to colonialism in terms of armies and battles… and truthfully, there was some of that, especially when a colony was conquered and when big rebellions emerged. But resistance also took many other forms. Ultimately, boycotts, strikes, marches, and diplomacy did a lot of the work that ended formal empires. In this video, we look at some episodes of resistance from Ghana—the British Gold Coast Colony—under the leadership of Yaa Asantewaa and later Kwame Nkrumah. (12:30)

Kenya

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1954 Propaganda video from the British government (1:08)

The Mau Mau Warrior Oath
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Tom Mboya. (World History: The Modern Era)
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Kenyatta, Jomo (Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450)
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Be sure to focus on Kenyatta's resistance activities before independence.
Mau Mau torture victims to receive compensation - Hague
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Angola

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Portuguese Angola
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Angola: History and Politics (New Encyclopedia of Africa)
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Settlement, Conquest & Development (US Dept. of State)
Administration and Development (US Dept. of State)
Portuguese Decolonization (World History: The Modern Era)
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Angolan independence
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Jonas Malheiros Savimbi (Encyclopedia of World Biography)
Be sure to focus on Savimbi's resistance activities before independence.

AP historical news (16 March 1958): In Angola, freedom fighters are still engaged in the struggle to oust their Portuguese rulers, who have been in control of the country for some 500 years. (12:12)

Ethiopia

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While much of Africa was falling to European imperialism in the 1800's, Ethiopia managed to resist colonization and maintain its independence thanks to its reforming emperor Menelik II.

Nigeria

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Be sure to focus on the following leaders' resistance activities before independence.

Tanzania

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