Reasearch Round 1: WHY COLONIZERS WERE INTERESTED IN COLLONIZING EAST AFRICA.

The colonizers were curious to know what was beyond their countries and this made them want to explore more which led them to coming to East Africa. (2) When they saw black people, they wanted to know more about them and also more about what they did. (2) This led to exploration of East Africa. (2) The European colonizers came to look for raw materials for their industries. (1). The Europeans relied on continents like Asia and America for raw materials, but they realized that they were becoming poor, so this led to the competition to remove raw materials from Africa by colonizing them.(1) During the 19th century many of the industries of the colonies were filled with goods that they were not able to consume.(1) So, this led them to look for market for their industries.(1) The colonial governments encouraged the colonisation of Africa as a way to protect their markets. (1)

 

. Due to the lack of civilization and the knowledge to know what was enough or a fair price for raw materials, the colonizers were able to take advantage of Africans. (2) The Africans were colonized because they provided cheap labour for the European industries. (2) When the Europeans came to Africa the chiefs were bribed with some things like wine, mirror and fruits and in exchange they would give out slaves. (2) They got the slave from the strong men.

. 3. The Europeans were superior, and they treated Africans like a species of animals and when the Africans saw that they could not fight them thy gave in and accepted to be colonized. The men that were to fight the colonizers were taken as slaves.

The colonisers came to Affrica to spread the Christian religion. They needed the gospel of Christianity to reach Africa, so missionaries were sent to Africa with bibles. Since Africans only believed in the power of the ancestors the colonisers saw it as a chance to spread the Christian gospel. it is believed that modern Christianity in Kenya dates from 1844, when missionaries settled near Mombasa, but little progress was made until the 1870s. A settlement for freed slaves established at Frere town, near Mombasa, prospered, and the first Kenyans were ordained in 1885. (2)

So, Africans were colonised so much, and they had to endure this and also had to fight against it.

 

 

 

 

references.

1Ten Major Reasons Why Europeans Colonized Africa – HubPages

2 :7 Reasons for the Colonization of Africa – Bscholarly