how technology affected Africa.

technology from the imperial age of Africa lead to the technology they have today in Africa. the steam engine made it possible for Europeans to travel in Africa and most of the technology used in Africa today come from foreign sources, technology is a great thing but in Africa it has lead to a lot of conflict, Europeans used "guns germs and steel" to conquer Africa and the technology they used to conquer it is now being used to fight many wars, wars mostly fought for resources like diamonds. they say that money is the "root of all evil" and this appears to be true in Africa due to all the fighting going on.

This technology has helped Africans battle diseases but it has also lead to many chaos and conflict between Africans and other countries. the technology has helped people to get diamonds but it has also helped refuges like the R.U.F to take away many lives and violate the natural rights of man. this technology also made Africans divide into many different tribes and due to this they don't come together and they fight among themselves.

The technology might have lead to some economic growth, but in my opinion the bad overshadows the good of the technology. it has hindered the social growth of Africa dramatically, Africans became divided and most of them have lost there original culture and Wat of life. it has also hurt them politically because due to wars alot of African nations are never stable and there political leaders sometimes don't make good decisions. the technology has brought more death and destruction than peace and prosperity.

how did the industrial revolution and the rise of capitalism spark interest in africa and the imperialism of the 19th and 20th century?

after great Britain became industrialized, other European countries followed. this created competition between nations and these countries needed more land and resources, the new inventions that came out from the industrial revolution like the steam engine and vaccines made it possible for Europeans to finally enter and imperialize Africa. the reason that Europeans wanted to imperialize Africa was there need of land and Africa has natural resources like diamonds, they also wanted to spread there way of living and it was the "white mans burden" to make Africa better by changing there way of life.

How did the Berlin Conference and the imperialism of Africa that ensued effected both the colonized Africans and the European colonizers?

The Berlin Conference and the imperialism of Africa affected the colonized Africans because they were being controlled by these people. The European colonizers thought that they were more successful than others because of genetics and cultural superiority, this is called social darwinism. This allowed them to think that they can civilize the Africans. This also affected them because their culture or traditions weren't unique because they were being controlled. The Berlin Conference affected the European colonizers because they discussed the lands that they wanted with the other countries to get Africa's benefits such as raw materials and geography.