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25.2. The Partition of Africa. Africa in the 1800s. Africa was still a mysterious place Europeans knew the coastline because of their trading posts, but interior was a mystery Very culturally diverse Many different tribes and cities with different beliefs

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25.2

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  1. 25.2 The Partition of Africa

  2. Africa in the 1800s • Africa was still a mysterious place • Europeans knew the coastline because of their trading posts, but interior was a mystery • Very culturally diverse • Many different tribes and cities with different beliefs • Different regions of Africa ruled by different people/empires

  3. Explorers & Missionaries • People begin expeditions into Africa • Europeans were not able to explore the interior of Africa before the 1800s • Geography & diseases like malaria made it too difficult • New technologies developed (steamships, medical advances) that would change all this. • Fascinated with the geography and adventure Africa presented

  4. Explorers & Missionaries • Missionaries followed after the explorers • Built schools, hospitals, and churches • Also concerned about slave trade • Wanted to guide Africans to salvation • Pushed for westernization • Encouraged rejection of their traditions

  5. Dr. David Livingstone • Missionary/Explorer • More sympathetic towards the African people in his writings than most other Europeans • Thought the interior of Africa should be opened to trade and to Christianity. • Blazed trails that other explorers followed • Journalist Henry Stanley spent 2 years looking for him. • “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” • Spent 30 years exploring Africa and its people

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