"The White Mans Burden"

The poem "The white Man's burden", written by Rudyard Kipling, speaks about the European rule over the Africans and Asians. The Europeans believed that they were doing the conquered people favor a by teaching them manors and how to be civilized. The "white man" took the burden off of the people by controlling their land and taking all of their responsibility. In return this would also benefit the Europeans. European imperialism would widely spread through Asia and Africa. I do not agree with the justification from the Europeans about imperialism in Africa. The technological advantages of the colonist made it very easy for them to conquer Africa. The white mans burden speaks was written in 1899 about U.S imperialism in the Philippines. I don't believe that one-hundred years later the us is still living the white mans burden. The us does not go to other countries and conquer their people and land. Its not possible!!

"The scramble for africa"

The "Scramble for Africa" began in 1881. When Europeans began to expand their influence in Africa. This was called "The scramble for Africa" because the Europeans would claim or take whatever piece of land they wanted. This scramble effected Africa a lot. When the Europeans mixed up the lands they put enemies together and they even split up families. The main european nations involved in the scramble for africa were Spain, Britian, France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, and Belgium. All of these european nations had a huge technological advance over Afruca. They had weapons,food,medicin;etc. These advantages made it easy for the europeans to eventually conquer africa.

Film Lesson:''Mountains of the Moon''

In the film "Mountains of the Moon" when the Europeans went to Africa they faced many hardships. Such as attacks from the wild animals and even from the African people. Weather also effected the journey to find the Nile river. Many slaves would get sick and even die. This slowed down their search for the source of the Nile. The slaves that the Europeans brought along with them also cause many problems. They would steal products and food that the Europeans needed and run away with it.
It is strange that the Nile river (largest river in Africa) is named after a British queen. This is because the Europeans were the first to every make people aware that the Nile was actual there. There were people in Africa already living there, but in the film, the Europeans were making it known for the rest of the world. So, the Europeans named the river after their queen(Victoria).
The Europeans had a huge advantage over the Africans. They had medicine, guns, and other useful products. The guns were used for protection against lions and even Africans. The medicine also came in handy when someone got sick. All of these advantages made it very easy for the Europeans to conquer Africa.