“We will fight the White men.We will fight until the last of us falls on the battlefields.”, This is a quote from Yaa Asantewaa the Ashanti queen mother, as her and her tribe resisted European conquest. European actions had several reasons to imperialize Africans.Two reasons were the resources and cheap labor africa offered.The hunger for power drove the European powers into a frenzy to control the continent based on the belief that they were superior, thereby destroying both the African land and its people, which was thought as White Man’s Burden.White Man’s burden was the a self-right of the white peoples to manage the affairs of the less developed non-white people. Most Africans choose to consolidation or surrender to the european power.Yet, a peaceful relationship with european powers was not as option for most african nations.
European powers had a true lust for resources in africa. Their first attempts at african resources were formal business. In 1886, the british Royal Niger Company presented a contract to african chiefs near the Niger river delta and surrounding …show more content…
We were treated like slaves. They came and were overbearing. We were ordered to carry their clothes and bundles. They harmed our wives and our daughters.”,This was a quote from the african veteran Ndansi Kumalo. As in the quote, at first european takeover did not seem that bad. As time progressed, the europeans began to treat Ndansi and his people as slaves. With torture and neglect by the europeans, the africans found that violence was a language understood by everyone. “How the rebellion started I do not know ; there was no organization, it was like a fire suddenly flames up.”, this quote from Ndansi shows how the african reacted to the mistreatment. As time progressed, fighting was seen as the only option for