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= **__A Brief History of British Colonialism in Africa__** By: Veena Kanumalla =
 * === When the British banned the slave trade, they sent officials to patrol the coasts of Arica to make sure there was no illegal slave trade going on. While this was occurring, they moved inland and began to explore Africa and its resources. ===
 * === British needed resources and materials for use in the industrial revolution. They also wanted to spread Christianity and sent missionaries throughout Africa. ===



Go bind your sons to exile To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild--
 * “White Man’s Burden”, a poem by Rudyard Kipling, is about how the responsibility of civilizing African people falls on the white men: **
 * Take up the White Man's burden-- **
 * Send forth the best ye breed-- **
 * To serve your captives' need; **
 * Your new-caught, sullen peoples, **
 * Half-devil and half-child. **

Take up the White Man's burden-- In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain
 * To seek another's profit, **
 * And work another's gain. **

Take up the White Man's burden-- The **savage** wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest The end for others sought, Watch sloth and heathen Folly Bring all your hopes to nought.

Take up the White Man's burden-- No tawdry rule of kings, But toil of serf and sweeper-- The tale of common things. The ports ye shall not enter, The roads ye shall not tread, Go mark them with your living, And mark them with your dead.

Take up the White Man's burden-- And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard-- The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light:-- "Why brought he us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?"

Take up the White Man's burden-- Ye dare not stoop to less-- Nor call too loud on Freedom To cloke your weariness; By all ye cry or whisper, By all ye leave or do, The silent, sullen peoples Shall weigh your gods and you.

The lightly proferred laurel, The easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers!
 * Take up the White Man's burden-- **
 * Have done with childish days-- **


 * In 1908, British began conquering Kenya and invited British farmers to settle there. Because of this, the farmers wanted cheap labor and they persuaded the British government to force Africans to work for them.


 * British forced Africans into separate tribes to separate them based on their language and culture. Africans were not given voting rights or seats in the government, whereas Asians and Arabs living in Kenya were given those oppurtunities.


 * British were motivated to imperialize Africa in competition with France, Germany and other European nations. They also wanted easier trade routes to Asia.




 * Millions of lives were lost in the struggle for obtaining certain portions of land. Many tribal leaders waged war on the British in order to maintain their residence. Most tribes were defeated due to Britain’s advanced technology.


 * British took slaves, gold, palm oil as well as other natural resources. They built railroads throughout Africa.


 * The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa (1922), written by Lord Lugard, defended the idea of colonialism by saying that the indigenous population would receive welfare and advancement and the British would receive Africa’s natural resources.


 * British officials strived to modernize cultural and tribal leaders to make them more efficient.

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