In the Colonial Era, education was vital for awareness of the world and its surroundings. Education was not only to learn about the world around them, but also an escape from manual labor. It also gave the opportunity to be placed in better paying jobs. There were also cases where education was used for power control. As the Europeans went through Africa, they installed beliefs and ideas that helped them maintain power through education. Others were embracing European culture as well. Some would speak the language of France and also dress like them, and have weddings like them. This helped the development of Africa because of the fact that they ca “blend” in with the white people. By blending in, it would open up doors for the Africans, which would allow them to access European technology and philosophies.
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Cal, I disagree with your last point and that the Africans did not want blend in with the White people. They had been fighting for years with the Whites, and millions of Africans had killed and mutilated families and children. Why would the want to try and live in peace and desire the Whites when they treated animals better then the Africans?
ReplyDeleteCal, I agree with Carson. Why would you want to blend in and seemingly forget everything that had been done to your race, and possibly family? This makes no sense to me. I would not try to blend in with my enemy, unless it would be for revenge.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they were trying to adapt or something. They probably saw that change was inevitable so they wanted to just accept change.
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