africa imperialism

European Imperialism and Africa

General

See Islamic History Sourcebook for Western Imperialism in North Africa.
Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India, 1497-1498 CE
Cafraria: A Patre Michaele Boym Polono Missa Mozambico, 1644 Ianuar. 11, In Latin, [At Latin Library]
Rudyard Kipling: The White Man's Burden, 1899
About the US conquest of the Phillipines, but with a much wider significance.
- Jim Zwick: The White Man's Burden and Its Critics [At Rochester]
  A really excellent guide to responses at the time.
James Henry Breasted: The Conquest of Civilization (selections), 1926 [At WHA]
Extent of European Colonialism in Statistical Terms [At Mt. Holyoke]
Mr. Dowling's Virtual Classroom: Colonial Africa
Well done. Aimed at a grade school readership.
Scramble for Africa
A project looking at the events of the European land grab after 1881.
The Age of Imperialism [At MEHAP]
Useful maps and discussion.

Analyses and Criticism of Imperialism

John A. Hobson (1858-1940): Imperialism, 1902, excerpts
John A. Hobson (1858-1940): The Economic Bases of Imperialism [At LSMSA]
Vladimir Illyich Lenin (1870-1924): Imperialism and the Split in Socialism, 1916 [At Marx.Org][Full Text]
Vladimir Illyich Lenin (1870-1924): Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism, 1916 [At blythe.org][Full Text]
Edward Morel: The Black Man's Burden, 1903, excerpts,[At this Site]
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness, 1902, extracts [At WSU]
Joseph A. Schumpeter: The Sociology of Imperialism, 1918 [At this Site]
George Orwell: Shooting an Elephant [At BNL][Full Text]
Gerald Remphal: The New Imperialism [At WNEC]

Exploration/Missionary Activities

David Livingstone (1813-1873): Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, 1857, Project Gutenberg Release #1039, Full Text, (September 1997)
Edmondo de Amicis: One Day in Morocco, c. 1870 [At this Site]
Paul du Chaillu: Travels in Africa, 1868-1870 [At this Site]
Sir Henry M. Stanley: How I Found Livingstone, 1871 [At this Site]
Charles Dudley Warner: Up the Cataracts of the Nile, 1875

British Africa

The Earl of Cromer: Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882, 1908 [At this Site]
Major-General Charles Gordon: The Siege of Khartoum, 1884 [At Hillsdale]
Alfred Egmont Hake: The Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, 1885 [At this Site]
Cecil Rhodes
- Yahoo! Cecil Rhodes
Arye Oded: An History of the Abuyudaya Jews of Uganda
The Historical and Social Background of the Abayudaya Community, a group of Ugandans who converted to Judaism in the late 19th century.
Capt. F. D. Lugard: The Rise of Our East African Empire, 1893 [At this Site]
Land Forces of Britain, The Empire and Commonwealth

Belgian Africa

Léopold II: Lettre de au Ministre Beernaert au sujet de l'Etat indépendant du Congo, 3 juillet 1890. In French
Henry Morton Stanley: "Is he not in Congo-land?", Excerpts from the writings of the nineteenth-century explorer From Through the Dark Continent (1878) and The Founding of the Congo Free State (1885), [At The Atlantic Magazine]
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness, 1902, ecerpts [At The Atlantic Magazine]
The Congo [At Cayuga CC]

French Africa

Proposal for the Establishment of a Native Army in Algeria, 1839 [At MS State]
Translation of a letter from an unidentified senior French Army Officer to the French Minister for the Navy.
Combat près du lac Tchad - Afrique 1901, in French, [At Livre des sources médiévales]
Declaration Between the United Kingdom and France Respecting Egypt and Morocco, together with secret articles signed at the same time. Signed at London, April 8, 1904. [At MS State]
Stephen Wooten: The French in West Africa [At Wisconsin]

German Africa

Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Place in the Sun, 1901
A speech calling for Germany to have an overseas empire. Africa was the target.
Gustave Freensen: In The German South African Army, 1903-1904 [At this Site]
German Colonialism in Africa [At ASU]

South Africa

Chief Moshweshewe: Letter to Sir George Grey, 1858 [On the establishment of /land]
Anthony Trollope: The Diamond Fields of South Africa, 1870 [At this Site]
Lucie Duff Gordon: Letters from the Cape, Project Gutenberg Release #886 (April 1997), Full Text.
Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler (1828-1906): Native Races and the War, 1900 [At Indian: Victorian Women Writers]
Sol Plaatje: Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion, Project Gutenberg Release #1452 (Septl 1998), Full Text.
John Young: Dramatic Zulu Reversal at Khambula, 1879, Military History, March '98 [At Military History]
South African Battlefields
Includes primary accounts of various wars: British vs. Boers, as well as Zulu wars.
South African War Virtual Library
Rhodesia and South Africa: Military History
This page has severe problems - it links without comment to the overtly racist "Rhodesian Government in Exile" page.

Liberia

Algeria

Algeria [At Mt. Holyoke]
Proclamation of Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), November 1, 1954 [At MS State]
Charles de Gaulle, French Premier: Speech at Constantine, Algeria, October 3, 1958 [At this Site]

Ghana

South Africa

African National Congress: Historical Documents [At ANC.org]
Contains a substantial selection of ANC documents, as well book length studies of the issues over the past century.
The National Party's Colour Policy, 1948 [At this Site]
A.L. Geyer: The Case for Apartheid, 1953, excerpts [At this Site]
Umkhonto we Sizwe (Military wing of the African National Congress): We are at War!, December 16, 1961 [At WSU]
UN Resolution 1598: On Race Conflict in South Africa, 1961 [At this Site]
Bishop Demond Tutu (1931-): The Question of South Africa, 1984, excerpts [At this Site]

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