Transition Period

- This period was featured by the realisation that slave trade is bad, exploitative, inhuman and illegal. slave trade was, therefore, condemned by "lovers of mankind"- the philanthropists.

- There were resistances by some philanthropist organisations in Europe and America against the Slave Trade. In 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act, abolishing the trade.

- Later in African, some early educated elites like Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Frantz Fanon of Algeria and others had even waged war on colonisation, with the corresponding struggle for independence from Europe.

- For more information about activities in this transitional period, click below:

Late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana:

Late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana- founder of OAU

from political prisoner to Prime Minister. He was the brain behind the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). His main aim was to raise African consciousness and unity for the liberation of the continent from colonial rule through peaceful and organised means.

Late President Ahmed Sekou Toure of Guinea:

Late President Ahmed Sekou Toure of Guinea- resistant to French Rule.

radical labour movement led to the rise of Sekou Toure, re-inforcing resistance to French rule, and voting against the constitution of the French Community in 1958.

The wretched of the Earth: is often considered as one of Frantz Fanon's most controversial books, regarding the Algerian struggle for independence from colonial rule. In Algeria, Fanon advocated violence as a means of obtaining independence from French colonial rule.

Organisation of African Unity- OAU: the brain-child of Late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and other politically conscious and educated elites of Africa by then. The O.A.U. was a peaceful and organised means of the struggle for independence from colonial rule in Africa.

Abolition of African Slave Trade by the British Parliament in 1807, to see the role of British Government in abolishing slavery and slave trade. Note that the African slave trade was carried out by European businessmen. On the other hand, there were some Europeans who were opposed to this exploitative trade both on humanitarian and legal point of view. Their efforts and struggles contributed to the abolition of the trade.

Neocolonisation:
is regarded as a new form of colonialism. Neocolonialism uses indirect means of monopolising influence over other, less-powerful nations; this may include a combination of economic and cultural influences, which result in control over the targeted nation.

Industrial revolution:
is the name given to the massive social, economic, and technological change in 18th century Great Britain. In the 19th Century it spread throughout Western Europe and North America, eventually impacting the rest of the world."
There is an opinion that because machines were increasingly used in this period, demand for slave labour reduced. Thus, slave trade was also discouraged.

British Empire:
According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, ".. The British Empire, in the early decades of the 20th century, held sway over a population of 400-500 million people (roughly a quarter of the world's population), covered nearly 30 million square kilometres, (roughly two-fifths of the world's land area)..". Click the link above for more details.

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