British Colonialism: The Decolonization Of Africa

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All it took was a single conference in Berlin to change all of Africa. In the years of 1884-1885 there was a conference held in Berlin where many European countries drew up a map and divided Africa so they could access natural resources in Africa. This conference led to conflict between many of the European countries and particularly Britain and France. By this point Europeans had colonized approximately 67% of the earth’s surface. This led to Britain making Kenya one of its new colonies. This colonialism completely adjusted Kenya’s government, education, and economics in a mainly negative way. First, Kenya had a drastic change in its government as soon as Britain colonized the country. Sir Charles Elliot had a statement about Kenya when he stated, “We have in East Africa the rare experience of dealing with a tabula rasa, an almost untouched and sparsely inhabited country, where we can do as we will, regulate immigration, and open or close the door as seems best.” Sir Charles Elliot is …show more content…
After Britain controlled Kenya for around 91 years the average earnings in both agriculture and public services were both going up. The average in European men rose by more that 500 pounds in both agriculture and public service. But then their are the African average earnings. They were going up except at their height they were at 31 pounds for the average. This shows how much the Europeans had taken control and not cared for the people that were actually born there (Document Q). The growth of Railroads, Roads, and Postal Service went up after Britain colonized Kenya. This does correlate to economic growth except it could be positive or negative for Kenyans (Document O). Kenya’s GDP rank has gone up ever since they became adjusted after becoming independent. Kenya is now ranked at 72nd which is not too bad for a country that use to have average wages at 31 pounds (Heritage
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