SHORT HISTORY OF MAGUFULI SHORT HISTORY OF MAGUFULI John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was born on October 29, 1959 and raised in Chato, a village in Kagera region [now in Geita region]. He was born into the family of Christian-observant Mzee Joseph Magufuli and his wife Mama Suzana Magufuli. SHORT HISTORY OF MAGUFULI His late father … Read more
INDIRECT RULE INDIRECT RULE This is a colonial system of administration, whereby, African traditional rules were involved in administering their fellow Africans at the local level while the colonial officials and administrators administered at the higher level. OR It is a system of administration used by the British colonial government to govern the people through … Read more
METHODS OF DECOLONIZATION Decolonization through constitutional/peaceful means Decolonization through Armed struggle Decolonization through Revolution DECOLONIZATION THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL/PEACEFUL MEANS Decolonization through peaceful means refers to the process of independence without the use of armed struggle. In this method, the colonies used peaceful means such as negotiation, dialogues diplomacy while demanding for their freedom. OR Decolonization through … Read more
COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS Companies and association were the European traders or merchants who came in Africa to make trade with Africans on behalf of their home governments. They received finance from their home government so as to operate effectively and differently in those areas. NOTE: In the abolition of slave trade, merchant companies became increasingly … Read more
AGENTS OF COLONIALISM / INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM Agents of industrial capitalism were the Europeans who penetrated in Africa to prepare the Africans to meet the industrial demands such as raw material, markets for manufactured goods, areas for investments and cheap labourers in the 19th century. There were about three groups of agents of industrial capitalism in … Read more
When African societies were practicing communalism, slavery and feudalism as the mode of production during the 18th century; elsewhere in the world, Europe in particularly was step further practicing capitalism as the mode of production in most of their societies. MEANING OF CAPITALISM Capitalism refer to the political and socio-economic system based on the private … Read more
Meaning The East Africa long-distance trade was a trade that was carried out from the coast to the interior of East Africa. It mainly started from the coast of East Africa and extended towards the interior of East Africa. Periodization This trade can be traced far back from the 18th c to the 19th c, … Read more
West African Long Distance trade Trans -Saharan trade was a trade that involved West Africa and North Africa across the Saharan desert. It is a good example of the regional or long distance trade that was conducted in Africa basically in West Africa. Periodization This trade started in the 4th c and come to develop … Read more
Abolition of Trans Atlantic Slave Trade (Triangular Slave Trade) Abolition of Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean (East Africa Slave Trade) I. ABOLITION OF TRANS ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE Meaning The triangular slave trade was a kind of trade that was conducted between three continents of Africa (western parts), America and Europe (especially the Western parts … Read more
THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918) THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918) Meaning Refers to the first imperialist war that occurred in the world history whose major aim was conquest for the re-division of the world among the European imperialist powers. It was a military conflict that took place in the world and involved many countries of … Read more