African Research Project on Zambia

Zambia’s Struggle through Imperialism

Did you know that Zambia has the worst health care program in all of Africa (CIA World Factbook)? Imperialism is where this problem started. Even though the British brought education to Zambia they destroyed tribal beliefs and killed many Zambians. Imperialism had many overall effects on Africa, many of them occurring in Zambia. David Livingstone was the first European to step foot into Zambia. In the 19^th century when the British arrived in Zambia there was no specific Kingdom who could defend themselves against their power. The Zambians, after a long struggle for freedom finally got their independence on October 24^th 1964 (World Geography). Even though the British brought education to Zambia they destroyed tribal beliefs and killed many Zambians. Therefore the net effect of the British imperialism of Zambia was overall negative for several reasons, and they are; the British brought in their religion in result destroying the local ones, they conquering Zambia and many Zambians were mistreated and even killed, and finally Zambians no longer had a voice in their own country.

The first example of the negative effects of imperialism was that the British destroyed religion and culture in Africa. Even though Zambians speak a variety of Bantu languages, English is the official language because of British imperialism. And even though Zambians have some tribal beliefs, the majority of them are Christian because of the missionaries that came to Zambia when the country was being imperialized and forced them to become Christian (Cavendish, pg.2, 461). This breaks down culture and ruins countries distinctions from each other. Mission Christianity was one of the many missions brought in by the British to get all the Zambians to convert to Christianity, and it played a large roll in the shaping of Zambia (Geography and Economics). The British thought what they were doing was right even though it was quickly destroying the Zambian culture.

Secondly…, because of the British, the Zambians no longer had a voice in their own country. When Europeans first came to Zambia they gave Zambians no choice and they lead the government and the copper belt, taking all the money for the copper they found there. Then, when the Europeans left they left many forms of their culture such as religion language and forms of transportation (History World). In the 19^th century Zambia was part of the slave trade that was brought on by imperialism (World Encyclopedia). These events rapidly made sure that Zambians were being robbed of their rights.

Most importantly Zambians were mistreated and killed. One reason was because Zambia was a leading copper producer so it attracted many European engineers and administrators, forcing the Zambians to work the mines and do the hard jobs. Therefore many people were assaulted when revolting against the whites. In result workers who were not aloud to run unions, lead many strikes because they were being mistreated (World Geography). Even though in different ways, Zambians were mistreated several times.

In summary The British Imperialism on Zambia after looking over the main points was still negative. And the examples of these were that Zambians were being robbed of their freedom, that the British destroyed the Zambian religion, and that many Zambians were killed in the process. Now, to leave you something to think about, Kenneth Kaunda once wrote a quote on Zambia saying "The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.” (Kenneth Kaunda pg. 1) What if this quote doesn’t only apply to imperialism in this country but maybe it even applies to the whole of Africa or maybe it also applies to the world, think about it. What does violence really accomplish?

Footprint of Africa

C.R.A.P. was shown well in this cartoon, first of all the way the person used white and black to use deep contrast. Second of all the cartoonist kept it simple so the story of the image was clear. this cartoonist used alignment and proximity well by making the shoe in the middle of Africa and having a balance of imagery on both sides.
This cartoon is clearly about imperialism in Africa and how the Europeans cam and took all of the good things in Africa and left it with nothing (leaving it with no color). The cartoonist thinks that imperialism made Africa a dull continent for a while and made it have no more resources or unique culture. The fact that inside the shoe print there is dust and an empty dry plain suggests that all of Africa's resources have been taken away by the British and that the British took the joy away from the British people because the picture is black and white. To make the cartoon more persuasive the cartoonist could have drawn the person that left the destruction in African leaving, it could have added more understanding.

Outline for ARP

Outline for African Research Project on Zambia

1. Introductory Paragraph

a. Imperialism had many overall effects on Africa, many of them occurring in Zambia.

b. The first European to come to Zambia, when Zambia got their independence, what happened when Europeans arrived, when the country was ruled by the British.

c. Even though the British killed many Zambians and destroyed tribal beliefs they brought education and railroads to Zambia.(Even though the British Brought education to Zambia they destroyed tribal beliefs and killed Zambians.)

d. There for net effect of the British imperialism of Zambia was overall bad for several reasons. One, because the British brought in their religion in result destroying the local ones. Two, because by conquering Zambia many Zambians were mistreated and even killed. Three, because Zambians no longer had a voice in their own country.(shorten with a ;)

2. Body Paragraph one (reason #1)

a. Most Importantly Zambians were mistreated and killed. MAKE 3RD REASON

b. A10

c. A9

d. A8

e. Even though in different ways, Zambians were mistreated several times

3. Body Paragraph two (reason #2)

a. Another example of the negative effects of imperialsm was that the The British destroyed religion and culture in Africa.

b. B2

c. B3

d. C5

e. The British thought what they were doing was right even though it was quickly destroying the Zambian culture.

4. Body Paragraph three (reason #3)

a. To begin with, because of the British the Zambians no longer had a voice in their own country

b. F2

c. F3

d. G1

e. Zambians were quickly robbed of their rights.

5. Concluding Paragraph

a. In summary The British Imperialism on Zambia after looking over the main points was still bad.

b. And they are that Zambians were being robbed of their freedom, that the British destroyed the Zambian religion, and that many Zambians were killed in the process.

c. Now, to leave you something to think about, picture Zambia as a country that was never robbed of freedom or brought into the injustices of Imperialism.

Scramble For Africa Feedback

My partner and I were France. Our strategy for claiming land was to cover the weaker countries completely then start attacking them one by one. But before the attacking began we looked in the atlas for where Africa had many resources so we tried to get there and conquer before anyone else did. So our first priority was getting valuable land with rare recourses. We also made a few allies so we tried not to conquer the areas that we agreed not to touch.

France (my team) won the scramble for Africa for more than one reason, the first being that we had the first or second amount of land on the map. Second is that even though we may not have had the most land, the land we had had more recourses than most of the other countries. The final reason is that we made sure that all of our owned land was attached to the ocean so that we had easy transport to both Europe and our other owned pieces of land in Africa. By having land next to water also helps us be able to have places where we can have more costumers that can sail in and trade goods with us. The worst team in this game was the Netherlands because the had the least amount of land and half of the land they owned was land locked and surrounded by other nations.

Waiting for the Rain Feedback

5 themes of geography:
Movement: The movement of people ideas and goods.

• When the Millers sent their of school books (goods) to Tengo at Oom Koo's farm. (pg.36)

Region: Group of locations that have something in common.

• When Tengo first gets to the city and sees building that are similar. (pg.109)

Human Environmental Interaction: When humans and nature effect each other.

• When Tengo and Frikkie make biltong together (people kill animals).(pg.46)

Location: Where.

• The doring kraal (absolute location). (pg.34)

Place: What.

• Respecting the elderly. (pg.63)
  

The arms of the octopus are the main visual elements. This cartoon represents British Imperialism because it shows the octopus (England) grabbing (conquering) the countries it wants. The cartoonist thinks that Imperialism is correct because he shows the English man smirking, and he doesn't show the side of the people in the countries being taken over. This is true because he shows the countries as simply being islands of earth that all look the same, and he shows these countries (that in real life are far apart from each other) all in England's reach. The cartoonist could have drawn the octopus pulling in the countries instead of reaching for them to show that they are slowly becoming a part of England. This cartoon has good contrast between the red arms and the blue water and sky, the repetition of the arms reaching to several countries helps the piece, the piece is also aligned well, there is the same amount of arms on each side. The proximity of the countries to each other are unrealistic, for example, Egypt isn't close the Canada. All together this piece uses C.R.A.P. very well.

"Violence Leads to More Violence"

This quote is correct because the only only way peace can be achieved is through peace. Another reason why violence only leads to more violence is because of the human nature to want revenge, so if people strike each other it can only become worse until somebody realizes that peace is the only way to win. It is also true because violence is human nature and can not get better until an agreement is made, and violence can not be part of that agreement.