Can you please write a short summary that compares and contrasts the viewpoints of Livingstone and Tewodros II on the goals of Europeans in Africa?

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Can you please write a short summary that compares and contrasts the viewpoints of Livingstone and Tewodros II on the goals of Europeans in Africa?

Basil; Davidson (1978)

There were those who welcomed the coming of European rule: usually, this was after the invasions were over. Few who were present at the time seem to have enjoyed it. "I hear your countryman done spoil West Indies," said a Niger Delta ruler to some British visitors in 1841, long before the invasions had begun: "I think he want come spoil we country too." With few exceptions the existing state of Africa found it well to defend themselves. They did this by diplomacy wherever they could, by warfare whenever they must: there were many wars of resistance to invasion.

The Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II spoke for a whole generation of African rulers as early as the 1860s, not long before his suicide after defeat in 1868 by an invading British force. "I know their game," he affirmed. "First the traders and the missionaries: then the ambassadors: then the canon. It's better to go straight to cannon.

Asked by greta r #218157 on 9/19/2013 1:48 AM

Last updated by David J #539760 on 1/16/2017 9:20 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 9/19/2013 5:14 AM

Hey Greta, so sorry, we are not allowed to write summaries or short/long essays on this forum.

Answered by greta r #218157 on 9/19/2013 12:15 PM

THEN CAN YOU PLEASE WRITE A FEW SENTENCES.

THANKS

Answered by Aslan on 9/19/2013 12:32 PM

It would seem that Livingsone felt that European colonization was a positive thing both for the occupier and the country being occupied. Tewodros II, being a native of an occupied country, saw the insidious way the Europeans came over and then forced submission of the native people. There was only taking done by the occupying country.

Answered by greta r #218157 on 9/19/2013 1:00 PM

Aslan,

Thanks so much once again, your a super hero.

Greta

Answered by greta r #218157 on 9/20/2013 12:46 AM

In your answer on the above statement...What do you mean by they saw the insidious way the Europeans came over and then forced submission of the native people?

Answered by Catherine T #583439 on 12/1/2016 5:15 AM

That was very helpful ASLAN, I am having a hard time with imperialism.

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