Caleb MilliganPrimary Sources

http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/images.htmlThis image depicts colonized African people fighting back against the ruthless, cruel and exploitive European colonizers. In this case Africans were revolting against German colonizers. This revolt illustrates how violent the African people needed to be in order to find freedom and peace that they so desperately deserved all along. This piece can be effective in showing people of all ages the pure violence and passion that was evident in the revolt against colonization, as well as just how important freedom was and how much people were willing to sacrifice in order to gain their freedom. With that being said, I find this primary source to be very useful in depicting the events related colonization of Africa.

http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/images.html#This primary source illustrates a female soldier that was employed by the African kingdom of Dahomey. During the era of colonization, the kingdom of Dahomey contained an army of female soldiers, not only did they need the support of their male subjects, but females were also productive in serving in the army and fighting for freedom for their entire nation. The kingdom of Dahomey existed until the early 1900s when the kingdom was unfortunately finally defeated by the French and in turn became a part of the French colonial empire. It can be accurately assumed that the existence of female soldiers, such as this one, were influential in fighting of the French for as long as possible.

http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/images.html#This is a picture taken of some of the members of the Lunda Delimitation Commission. During this period of colonization, European nations essentially picked territories and carved them out and claimed them for themselves. Thus, giving them “the right” to invade and colonize the area and exploit all things in that African land. These colonizers dealt with some intense resistance from African people but ultimately the colonizers were able to overcome them and colonize a lot of African land and territory. I find this picture to be impactful because it gives the viewer some insight into some of the folks that made territorial decisions and played a part in the colonization of Africa.

http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/images.html#This is an image from an African village that was obviously colonized by the Europeans. In this case it was the French that colonized Africans and they attempted to assimilate the colonized Africans into their culture and their way of living. For example, as seen in this picture this is an African school opened by the French to attempt to educate Africans on what the French wanted them to learn to therefor have Africans be more assimilated into the French culture and thus be a part of the French culture rather than their own. This is important because it shows how European colonizers tried to change the culture of African civilizations and make it into their own culture for their own benefit.

http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/images.html#After European countries like France colonized areas of Africa, they had a main goal of trying to assimilate the colonized people of Africa with their European culture. In this case it was the French and their culture. From these assimilation attempts some Africans from the areas of the Gorée Island, Dakr, Sait-Louis and Rufisque were granted French citizenship and were also granted the right to vote in the mid 1800s. This idea was then suppressed but as time went on it was once again reinstated in the late 1800s. This clearly shows the efforts of colonizers to infiltrate and change the way that African people think and act to try and better themselves in the long run without taking into account the effects that it may have on the people of Africa and their culture.

http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/images.html#This is an image from a sector of an industrial complex in Africa that European colonizers built in order to extract palm oil from areas in Africa. This palm oil was especially extracted on a large scale in places like Nigeria and Benin, and it played a large role in the success of the colonizers. For example, it allowed for an easy and cheap way to extract resources and it allowed for colonizers to make a large profit and gain from this cheap and beneficial extraction. This is just one prime example of the exploitation seen from the colonization of Africa, and it is not the only example of when colonizers would take resource from Africa and make gains from them while Africa was given none of the financial benefits of these resources.

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/1906-isaka-seme-regeneration-africa/This is a link to a speech written and spoken by Pixley Isaka Seme who was born in Natal, South Africa and was influential in the challenging of European colonialism. Pixley Isaka Seme came to America and later Great Britain and became an attorney before he eventually returned to South Africa where he and a few other activists founded the African Native National Congress and he gave this speech to the Royal African Society in London in 1906. This speech discusses the colonization of Africa and his thoughts about how the colonization of Africa had different effects than what many people choose to believe. These effects were actually negative effects for Africa, while many are wrongly in the opinion that colonization was an attempt to ‘better Africa’. With that being said this speech by Pixley Isaka Seme is very impactful and important towards addressing the negative impacts of colonizing Africa.

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/1906-isaka-seme-regeneration-africa/This image is very useful for understanding the extreme scramble for the different areas and sectors of Africa. Each color in Africa represents a different country that infiltrated Africa and colonized different African countries. Some of the countries that colonized Africa that are seen in this image include, Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain and also Italy. Those were some of the main countries that colonized different sectors of Africa and played a major role in the exploitation of African countries and their resources. This image also gives a good insight into the culture of the different areas and the effect that these colonizers had on the cultural impact of these areas and countries.

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/1926-john-williamson-kuye-right-people-self-determination/This is a speech labeled, “Right of the People to Self-Determination” by John Williamson Kuyé. John Williamson Kuyé was one of the frist influential African nationalists and was a member of the Gambia branch of the National Congress of British West Africa. This speech discusses how Africa has been “of service” to others for a long time and it still continues to be. This essentially means that Africa has been used by other nations for their labor, services and especially their resources. Not only does this speech address these aspects of exploitation but it also discusses how other nations should not be responsible for “the determination of her destiny” meaning that colonizers and other nations should not be able to effect how African nations develop and find success.

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/1957-abubakar-tafawa-balewa-first-speech-prime-minister/This is a speech spoken by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in 1957 after the British Government named him the first Prime Minister of the soon to be independent nation of Nigeria. This speech was given from a radio broadcast when Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was accepting his new position as a political figure of a soon to be independent country of Nigeria. He speaks about the opportunity that he is being granted and how there has been a long journey towards independence that everyone can now enjoy and reap the benefits of. As well as he addresses the hope for a good future of the country and that everyone will band together and unite to create the best opportunity for success for the nation of Nigeria.