HISTORY 2JJ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Land Grabbing, Scorched Earth
24 Apr 2020
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Africa"s role in ww1 are often forgotten which is odd bc eu powers really wanted to get the most from them man power and material. Administration changes inline w ideas before war. Larger picture: conflict brought change in terms of metropolitan thinking: chief effect: politicization and formation of formal organizations. Erupted at a time when most states were going to consolidating following previous violence: prior to wwi, wwi considered end of militarization and processes of 19th c concluding phase of the scramble. In some contexts there was direct involvement: children and women as porters, gold coast never had direct exp but as officials participated and moved we see admin openings for african"s. British, french, portuguese africa against germany (territories: togo and cameroon immediately invaded, togo bulkanized easily overcome, cameroon dragged on for 2 years borders never meant to be a defense mechanism.
