• The Old Order.
• About Africa.
• About Europe.
• About the Caribbean.
• African Slave Trade.
• Scramble for Africa.
• Ancient colonisation.
• Christopher Columbus.
• David Livingstone's 3Cs.
  
  Transition Period
• The Transition
• Abolish Slave Trade.
• Imperialism and Benefits.
• Neo-colonisation.
• Industrial Revolution.
• British Empire.
• OAU- the origin
• Kwame Nkrumah
• Ahmed Sekou Toure.
• Wretched of the Earth
• Apartheid.
• Nelson Mandela's Peace.
• Pan African Congress.
• African Union- AU.

Colonisation and
Colonialism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

"Colonialism is a system in which a state claims sovereignty over territory and people outside its own boundaries, often to facilitate economic domination over their resources, labor, and often markets.

The term also refers to a set of beliefs used to legitimize or promote this system, especially the belief that the mores of the colonizer are superior to those of the colonized.

Advocates of colonialism argue that colonial rule benefits the colonized by developing the economic and political infrastructure necessary for modernization and democracy. They point to such former colonies as Singapore as examples of post-colonial success.

Dependency theorists such as Andre Gunder Frank, however, argue that colonialism actually leads to the net transfer of wealth from the colonized to the colonizer, and inhibits successful economic development.

Post-colonialist critics such as Franz Fanon argue that colonialism does political, psychological, and moral damage to the colonized as well.

Indian writer and political activist Arundhati Roy said that debating the pros and cons of colonialism/ imperialism 'is a bit like debating the pros and cons of rape'....."

Colonization
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

" Colonization is the act, by a militarily strong country, of invading and taking over the sovereignty of another area, which then becomes known as a colony. This often includes the establishment of one or more settlements, also called "colonies", inhabited by emigrants from the colonizing power.

In ancient times, maritime nations such as Greece often established colonies. These appear to be more benign, emphasizing uninhabited land, and farming it. In classical times, land suitable for farming was often claimed by "barbarian tribes" that lived by hunting and gathering. To ancient civilized people, the land simply appeared vacant.

Another great colonization of ancient times was the Roman colonization of the empire that spread across three continents. Many of the current great cities of Europe were Roman colonies. Indeed, the German city Köln (better known in its French form Cologne) was originally called Colonia Claudia by the Romans.

Following the European "discovery" of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the major European powers embarked on a large-scale campaign of colonization, the consequences of which have shaped the current state of the world to a considerable extent (see European colonization of the Americas).

In science fiction, space colonization is sometimes more benign. Humans find an uninhabited planet, and inhabit it. In more recent science fiction, they may create inhabitable space (by terraforming or constructing a space habitat) and call that a "colony." On the other hand, if the planet is already inhabited, much less benign consequences ensue: indeed, some science fiction authors have used the colonization of alien planets by humans, or the colonization of Earth by aliens, to explore the real-world issues surrounding the phenomenon.

A concept associated with space colonization is ocean colonization, the hypothetical permanent habitation of locations in Earth's oceans.

More metaphorical uses of the word include "coca-colonization", that is, the erosion of a country's indigenous culture and its replacement with corporate mass-culture, usually American in origin (see cultural imperialism)....."

• The New Order
• New Deal
• Remember Slave Trade.
• Bill Clinton & Africa.
• Kofi Annan & UN.
• Commission on Africa.
• Toni Blair & Africa.
• Gordon Brown & Africa.
• Bob Geldof on Africa.
• Jack Straw in Africa
• Bill Gates & Africa.
• Prince Harry in Africa.
• Harriet Harman in Africa.
• African talents in Europe.
• David Beckham in Africa
  
  
• Research and info
• Europe trades with Africa
• China trades with Africa
• U.S.A. trades with Africa
• China trades with Africa