Discuss the different administrative styles of the colonial powers in Africa such as Direct Rule, Indirect Rule, Company Rule, and Indirect Company Rule.

Continue reading Chapter 3 of “The African Experience” and watch “Caravans of Gold, by Basil Davidson” video linked below. After watching the video, compare and contrast the Trans- Saharan trade and the Indian Ocean trade with specific reference to their impact on the West African societies and the East African societies.

Read Chapter 4 of “The African Experience” and watch “The Bible and the Gun” by Basil Davidson then answer these questions. What were the reasons for Europe’s interests in Africa? Compare the racial attitudes of the European colonizing powers such as the British, the French, the Portuguese and the Belgians.
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Continue reading Chapter 4 of “The African Experience” and watch “The Magnificent Cake” by Basil Davidson linked below to answer the question.
Discuss the different administrative styles of the colonial powers in Africa such as Direct Rule, Indirect Rule, Company Rule, and Indirect Company Rule.
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Continue reading Chapter 4, especially pages 125-137 which examines the specific economic policies and practices which the various colonial masters used in exploiting the resources of their territories and their effects on the Africans. Then, watch The Africans, Part 4, Tools of Exploitation, by Ali Mazrui to answer the question below.
To what extent are these policies similar and in what ways did they differ.
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