14.2 TURBULENT CENTURIES IN AFRICA

A Mr. Ayala Presentation

14.2 Turbulent Centuries in Africa • I) Portugal Gains Footholds • A) Begin to take land and build forts for trading.

• 1) Not for colonization only trade • B) Attacked and controlled East African trading cities of Mombasa and Malindi.

14.2 Turbulent Centuries in Africa • II) African Slave Trade Expands • A) African Slaves are seen as most important item coming from Africa • B) Plantation system: labor intensive farming for cash crops, increased demand for slave labor • C) Relied on the Kings and Queens in Africa to raid enemies and trade their people for manufactured goods like Rum

14.2 Turbulent Centuries in Africa • D) Affonso I, ruler of Kongo, resisted the slave trade • 1) Was taught by Christian missionaries • 2) Wanted Europe to help him make a modern Christian state and end the slave trade • a) Failed

14.2 Turbulent Centuries in Africa • III) New African States (Countries) • A) Asante Kingdom, present day Ghana • 1) Osei Tutu, invaded neighboring cities and tribes; unfied the Asante • 2) Stated his right to rule was based on being chosen by heaven • 3) People were chosen by merit rather than birth for the bureaucracy • 4) Held a monopoly over gold and slave trade

14.2 Turbulent Centuries in Africa III) European Presence Expands A) 1600s; Britain, France, and Dutch start to take over trading areas in Africa B) Dutch colonize Cape Town with Boers, or Dutch farmers 1) Boers were Calvinists that believed they were the chosen of God. Thus, they tortured and killed the native peoples in what would become South Africa