Bell RingerWhat idea is being depicted in the cartoon below? Who is represented and what is happening? What do you think the cartoonist’s opinion of imperialism is? (Answer on a piece of paper to turn in)

White Man’s Burden Review1. According to Kipling, and in your own

words, what was the "White Man’s Burden"?

2. What reward did Kipling suggest the "White Man" gets for carrying his "burden"?

 3. Who did Kipling think would read his

poem? What do you think that this audience might have said in response to it?

Things to know:BoersBoer WarBerlin ConferenceKing LeopoldElite

The Boer WarBoers- Dutch farmers who fought the Zulu

tribe.Boer Wars- Wars fought between the Dutch

and the British over diamonds and gold.

Africa: Berlin ConferenceTensions among the European powers

seeking African colonies led to the Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885)

Berlin Conference- Conference devising rules for the colonization

of Africa. Ethiopia and Liberia are spaired

Later ProblemsThe arbitrary boundaries of the Berlin

Conference did not take into consideration the natural divisions of the African people (religion, culture, language, ethnicity, etc)

The invention of rigid grouping of different groups and the establishment of artificial tribal boundaries became one of the greatest obstacles to nation building and stability in much of Africa during the 20th Century

Elites AriseElite- Western Educated, upper-class

Africans.

King Leopold’s GhostKing Leopold II -Established the Congo Free State in the 1870s.

Belgian Congo

Atrocities in the Belgian Congo

Political Cartoons

Quotes“Imprisoning 60

women and putting them in chains, where all but five died of starvation.”

This man himself, when I visited him in Boma goal, in March, 1901, said that more than 100 women and children had died of starvation at his hands, but that the responsibility was due to his superiors’ orders and neglect.”

Obedience??

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