The scramble for colonies in Africa was the intense competition or struggle for the control of African territories, which took place among the European capitalist nations in the 1880s and 1890s. Before the 1880s European countries were not much interested to establish colonialism in African continent, while they had only trade relationship with Africans and to spread Christianity religion. Also before the 19 th century European had no idea if African continent had other things to offer rather than forestry materials and slaves. During the scramble for and partition of Africa some areas experienced more scramble than others; this was due to the following factors: 1. Some areas were potential for agriculture; the objective of controlling African continent was for the exploitation of agriculture raw materials. European countries occupied areas with soil fertility and enough rainfall. Example of areas which were potential for agricultural raw materials includes Niger b...
HISTORY 1 SOLVING NECTA 2011 FORM SIX 2. Examine the main characteristics of pre-colonial education, its pitfalls and roles to the development of African societies. Pre-colonial education; refers to the type of education provided to the African societies before the establishment of colonialism. Pre-colonial education it was endless specialization process based on transmission of knowledge, values, skills, wisdom, traditions and experience from one generation to another. It was both formal and informal education. The following are the characteristics of pre-colonial education, its pitfalls and roles to the development of African societies. To start with characteristics of pre-colonial education; It’s emphasized on good morals and social conducts within the society; African societies had acceptable and unacceptable values, therefore pre-colonial education, characterized in condemns any action or behavior that tended to hinders the development of acceptable behavio...
TOPIC ONE SOURSES AND IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY · Meaning of history · Importance of history · Sources of history History; is the study of the past events collected by historians based by verifiable facts. OR History; is the study of man and his activities in different periods. IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY: 1. To understand how societies were formed and developed. 2. Help in understanding and appreciation of culture, political, economic and technological development. 3. To learn how people depended to each other. 4. To learn when and where important events took place. 5. To understand the level of development at different stages of human development. Discussion questions; Qn1. why do we study history? QN2. What is history? Qn3. Mention five importance of history, SOURCES OF HISTORY: 1. Oral tradition ...