how did imperialism from the Europeans effect (in a good way) the Africans?

Question

we were reading the book things fall apart and im writeing of the good effects of the british being in africa though there is a very slim amout my subject of the paper is how it effected the economy , communication and politics.
help plz

Answer 1

Have a look at :

"Impact and evaluation of colonialism and colonization" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_and_evaluation_of_colonialism_and_colonization

"Defenders of colonialism point to such former colonies as the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore as examples of post-colonial success. These nations do not, however, represent the normal course of colonialism in that they are either settler societies, or tradepost cities."

"Advocates of 19th century colonialism ("New Imperialism") argue that colonial rule benefited the colonized by developing transport infrastructures such as roads, railroads, ports, etc., necessary to economic development. This modernization and, often, introduction to the rule of law were aids to eventual democracy. Rudyard Kipling's famous poem, The White Man's Burden (1899), thus discussed the urge of the West to take up "the toil of serf and sweeper" for the welfare and betterment of colonized people, for example, to "Fill full the mouth of Famine/And bid the sickness cease." "

"Colonialism brought regions that had previously known only autocratic rule into contact with European concepts of self-determination and civil rights. For example, the British tried to exterminate the Indian caste system, which relegated individuals to the rank and occupation they were born into, and sati, the custom whereby a dead man's widow burned to death on her husband's funeral pyre. Colonial subjects who later led their countries to independence were often educated in European schools and traditions. India's Mahatma Gandhi attended University College London and, while there, joined and served as an officer of the Vegetarian Society; he later credited this pursuit with giving him valuable organizational experience."

"On 2001-05-10 [in France], the Taubira law officially recognized slavery and the Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity. Between various propositions, May 10 was finally chosen as day dedicated to the recognition of the crime of slavery. Anticolonialist activists also want the African Liberation Day to be recognized by the Republic. Although slavery was recognized by this law, four years later, the vote of the February 23, 2005 law by the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), asking teachers and textbooks to "acknowledge and recognize in particular the positive role of the French presence abroad, especially in North Africa", was met with public uproar and accusations of historic revisionism, both inside France and abroad."

Answer 2

Actually while the Europeans were in Africa it was progressing and everyone had jobs and because it was a super power it kept the peace.
they were trained in business and finance. They made money on the world market and knew how to do it.

But the average African wasn't and when they burned their farms and run them out of there the rich business interest they worked for and had a pretty good life was gone.
A few unscrupulous war lords took over with rape and pillage and started killing any who they saw as being in power or of lighter skin than they were. Hotues and the tooties.
In the end their jobs were gone and the stability of their lives was gone and when the Islamic forces saw this as open season on them. It turned the country into open warfare by hundreds of fractions fighting for power over the masses.
By being divided they were helpless against the onslaught of these forces who systemically started to exterminate them.
Now the Islamic forces are in the process of the worst genocide in the history of the world and they are helpless to stop it. So Africa was not better when the Europeans left.

Answer 3

Imperialism was devastating to African societies and governments. It was a system designed to squeeze out as much profit and material goods from Africa as possible.

African civilization was systematically destroyed whenever possible to insure continued rule by the European interests.

The only way to create a positive effect is to totally ignore the brutal and prolonged campaign to destroy African culture.

It's like asking what good came out of the Spanish Inquisition?
or
What good came out of the Slave trade in America?

You can create an argument for good but it doesn't make up for the evil that was done.

We will never know what glorious civilizations would have developed in Africa if Europe hadn't raped it's resources and peoples.

Back to your question
It destroyed the African economy as it was designed to do. The Europeans wanted resources and wealth nothing more.

It devastated communications as it destroyed the social and political structures that were in place before.

It decimated the political institutions of African civilizations and replaced it with institutions designed to subjugate the population instead of governing the population.

Answer 4

European countries took over African countries and imposed their culture on the natives and took all their natural resources for their own country. For a few it was good in that they learned how to harvest their own resources so when they became independent they could support themselves.

Answer 5

Similar to Roman imperialism, European imperialism brought a certain amount of stability to the warring tribes.

Answer 6

The descendants of slaves that now live in the US now have a much better future than if they lived in most African countries today .So that would be in a good way.

Answer 7

Imperialism was foisted on the Europeans by the Roman empire. I don't think it did anyone any good.

Answer 8

Improved infrastructure (roads, hospitals, electrical power etc.) and introduction of more modern technology.