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The Colonization Of Africa

Colonial Europe's Misconceptions of the African Continent and Society. Africa was one country, not a collection of independent statesAfrican society was not organized nor advanced socially or technologicallyAfricans were little more than uncivilized barbarians Africans were non-religious heathens

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The Colonization Of Africa

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    1. The Colonization Of Africa Examining European colonization and its impact on the Continent of Africa and its people

    2. Colonial Europe’s Misconceptions of the African Continent and Society Africa was one country, not a collection of independent states African society was not organized nor advanced socially or technologically Africans were little more than uncivilized barbarians Africans were non-religious heathens There was no social structure to pre-colonial African society Colonization was for the good of the Africans and the continent as a whole Africa on the whole was an uninhabited, inhospitable place (The “Virgin Myth”). The “taking” of Africa was going to be an easy process with few consequences for Europeans

    3. Pre-Colonial Africa Map

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