Effect of Imperialism on Africa from 16th - 18th Centuries

Imperialism means one country establishing an empire by conquering other countries, enslaving the inhabitants, and making them pay tribute to the ruling country. Various nations competed to acquire the best land and control the African people, whom they viewed as inferior. Europe is widely known to have dominated most of the entire world, mainly Africa, and established empires throughout the continent. The Europeans then converted the people they were dominating to Christianity, because they thought …

…controlled Africa's rich natural resources, won various converts to Christianity, and traded them throughout the world. Being traded as slaves, the strong familial bonds that these Africans had were disentangled and thousands of them suffered. At the same time, the Europeans brought new technological innovations to Africa, and also introduced new types of governments to the Africans. Thus, the Africans were affected both negatively and positively by imperialism and the dominance of Europe. ------------------------------------Shehnaz Haqqani