Author Archives: Joka Oyefeso

10 Primary Sources Zulu Reflection Wretched of the Earth ch. 1 & 2 Wretched of the Earth ch. 3 & 4 Wretched of the Earth ch. 5-Conclusion Analysis of Primary Source: Oliver Stanley Speech Analysis of Primary Source: Patrice Lumumba’s Speech & Letter to his Wife Pauline Response to Dambisa Moyo’s Video Presentation 1000 WordContinue reading “Scrapbook Links”

1. The article “The Colonization of Africa” by Ehiedu E. G. Iweriebor talks about the holistic process and literal scheme to colonize Africa. The scheme to colonize Africa was to control the continent economically, socially and politically. This way Africa would not be able to do anything under their own control if it didn’t firstContinue reading “10 Primary Sources”

     Throughout this course I have learned so many new things. Initially, when we started this course, I was very intrigued but at the same time I found lots of things confusing and just overall hard to follow. There are so many things that falls into the underdevelopment of Africa because the process went onContinue reading “Final Scrapbook Reflection”

Education is important. it can promote social change. p.315 -In colonial Africa, the Europeans realized that some education would maximize the value of labor. -Performance can be enhanced by the European education. -This education only truly helped the Europeans. It was never beneficial to Africans. The education implemented to the Africans was an education thatContinue reading “Group Discussion Notes on How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (02/26)”

Why did the servants of the Dutch West India Company try to force people on the Ivory Coast to buy certain amount of Dutch goods?-they wanted to put a complete stop to the African trade but it didn’t work. Dutch ruled that each Axim Canoe-man going to Cape Lahou should carry Dutch goods worth atContinue reading “Group Discussion Notes on How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (02/12)”

Colonialism: Present in the school system, the economic system, it played a role in underdevelopment of the continent of Africa, “Capitalists under colonialism did not pay enough for an African to maintain himself and family. (265)” In this paragraph, we see how Africans were exploited for their work. They were essentially being paid nothing forContinue reading “Blog Post 1: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Chapter VI”

Group Name: The 4 Nubians and the Pharaoh All the quotes we found to be the most important in these two chapters emphasized the main point that European colonization was only beneficial to European countries. Our quotes introduces the injustices that was imposed on the African societies; in this process, this depleted Africa economically, socially,Continue reading “Blog Post 1: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Chapters III, IV, V”

Question 1: what are some of the chamberlain’s underlying assumptions and arguments?  He’s arguing the advocacy for extending the empire to combat the underdevelopment of the empire and also unemployment that still exist. The assumptions that were made by Chamberlain was that Britain was entitled to owning a vast majority of territory around the world. Continue reading “Primary Source Worksheet: Joseph Chamberlain (Speech at Walsall)”

JUlES FERRY (1832-1893) On French Colonial Expansion Joka Oyefeso, Michael Anderson (Scribe), Martha Alvarez, Alliyah Dookie, Melannie Atkinsin. How will colonial expansion really benefit France? It will give France, a nation that believes they’re superior, more economic, social and political prestige on the world stage. Economics – They would have more markets and boost theirContinue reading “Jules Ferry (1832-1893) On French Colonial Expansion”

     The novel Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda is a book in which Jean Hatzfield dives deep in to the minds of the Hutu, the men that are to blame for the massacre of the Tutsi people. Before reading this novel, I didn’t really know much about the Hutu or the Tutsi. Of courseContinue reading “Machete Season Reflection”