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The Rise of Nationalism
The Rise of Nationalism

Nationalism

What is Nationalism?

Modern African Nationalism

Colonial Oppression

Missionary Churches

WWI and WWII

Pan-Africanism

League of National and United Nations

Independence Movements

What Is Nationalism?

Feelings based on shared culture, heritage and historical experience

Desire to maintain the same through various means

Modern African Nationalism

Even after the establishment of colonial rule, Africans displayed their dissatisfaction with and resistance to occupation

Took a variety of forms based on the territory or colonial ruler

Fueled by several factors

Colonial Oppression

Humiliated and deprived of their own land

Revolts were met with brutal suppressions

Independence was the ultimate goal

Missionary Churches

Three Goals

Literacy

Western Values

Raise level of productivity

Had a profound effect on Africa

Served as a catalyst for nationalism

Educated Africans to fight for rights

Made them want to succeed in modern world

Nationalistic Leaders

Jomo Kenyatta

Spent years in England gaining support for native Kenyans

Imprisoned for the Mau Mau uprising in 1952

First President of Kenya (1964 – 1978)

Leopold Senghor

Senegalese poet and politician and 1st president of Senegal (1960–1980)

Held up by France as the personification of assimilation

Studied at the Sorbonne and taught in Paris

Was a German POW during WWII

Was a member of the French Parliament

WW I and WW II

African war veterans

3 million served in both wars fighting against German and Italian imperialism

African from different regions served together and fostered nationalism

Were not rewarded for service

Colonial immigrants flocked to Africa post WW II and were given great tracts of land

Pan-Africanism

Catalysts for the movement

Henry-Sylvester-Williams
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