DECOLONIZATION THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF METHODS ZIMBABWE.Zimbabwe nationalism took different forms. The well-known form was war of resistance, protest movements, Mass nationalism and armed struggle.The Early ResistanceThe early resistance was wagged by Mashona and Ndebele following the arrival of the white settlers in Zimbabwe in 1890. The strong resistance took place in 1896/97 which was known as Chimulenga war. The Chimulenga uprising was caused by forced labor, taxation, land alienation, confiscation of cattle by the white settlers etc.The...
Saturday, January 6, 2018
Reasoms why most of African Countries attained their independence through Armed struggle
DECOLONIZATION THROUGH ARMED STRUGGLEArmed struggle is the struggle for freedom through the use of arms and is based on the struggle for political independence in Africa countries. In Africa armed struggle was employed by many of the settler and the former Portuguese colonies.Why Portuguese colonies achieved Independence through armed struggle?Portugal had three colonies in Africa namely, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau and Angola and these entire colonies attained independence through armed struggle due to the following reasons;1. Denial of the basic...
Factors which made Ghana to get her indepence earlier than Other Countries in Africa.
Decolonization through Constitutional Means in GhanaGhana mass nationalism began in 1940’s with the formation of political parties which demanded political independence through peacefully means, the political parties which were formed include;· The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC)This was formed by J.B Ndaguah in 1947 and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah becomes the general secretary. The party was formed as the result of “Burns Constitution” which was introduced by Sir Allan Burns who was a governor by the time. In this constitution, it provided that the...
What are the factors which made Tanganyika to get her Independence earlier?
Factors that led Tanganyika to get her independence earlier.1. Good leadership of the party under the late J.K Nyerere. He united all people under the single political party to fight for independence. He discouraged and opposed racialist policies which could divide the people in the process of fighting for independence.2. The use of Swahili language with common word like “Uhuru”. This made the people to understand the mission/aims of the party hence many people ranging from the workers in towns to the peasant and the rural areas joined and supported...
The meaning, Objective and problems faced TANU in Tanganyika
The struggle for independence in Tanganyika took a peaceful means (Constitution means) the struggle was led by Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) as a mass political party after changing its name from Tanganyika African Association (TAA) and adopting new objective in 1954.Objective of TANU1. To prepare the people of Tanganyika for self-independent government2. To destroy tribalism and develop national unity for the whole people of Tanganyika3. To struggle for democratic government and to have representative in local districts and central...
What are the types of Decolonization and its forms ?
DECOLONIZATIONDecolonization is the process of Africans struggles to uproot colonialist and foreign rule. This process started immediately after the imposition of colonial rule. Decolonization also denotes the different form of acquiring independence determined by the nature of colonization in the colony.Forms of decolonizationIn Africa there were various forms which employed in decolonization process. These forms were constitutional (peaceful means), armed struggle, combination of peaceful means and armed struggle and Revolutionary means.A. Constitutional...
Internal factors and external factors for the rise of African mass Nationalism
Is the Mass feelings and attitude of demanding independence by using a nationalist struggle in form of unified parties beyond the class, tribe or ethnic background.It denotes the period in which many Africans formed many political parties for struggle for Africans independence rather than the changes in colonial system. Generally, when speaking of development of mass nationalism in Africa started soon after the end of WWII (1945).Internal Reasons for the Rise of Mass African Nationalism.1) Colonial exploitation: These include intensive economic...
The meaning and factors for the rise of Nationalism in Africa
IntroductionNationalism is the political will of African people to unite together as a nation and fight against the foreign rule, with the intention of ruling themselves Or Is an express of political unity with an aim of regaining independence. Or Are patriotic feelings or consciousness of people who regard themselves as one.In African context Nationalism is a desire of African people to terminate all form of foreign rule. Nationalism in Africa gained its momentum immediately after the Second World War in 1945. It is the Second World War that influenced...
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Colonialism and colonial administrative system in Africa
Colonial administrative systems were the ways of controlling and maintaining colonial power in colonies after the establishment of colonialism. In the early 20th century, the process of conquest and partition of Africa were almost completed by European powers, only Ethiopia and Liberia escaped from colonial control. Colonialists including Germany, French, British, Portugal, Belgium etc. after colonizing African countries they introduced different administrative systems in their colonies depended on the following:
The nature of the people in the...