Global History II
Augugliaro & Patten
Decolonization
Aim: How were the independence
movements in India and Africa similar?
Africa
These are the worlds of Nelson Mandela as he fights for the end
of Apartheid in South Africa.
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the struggle of the
African People. I have cherished the ideal democratic and free
society in which all persons live together in harmony and with
equal opportunities. It is an ideal, which I hope to live for and to
achieve. But, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to
die for.
Kwame Nkrumah, the leader in the fight for Ghana’s
independence, described the movement with the words:
Independence for the Gold Coast was my aim. It was a colony
and I have always regarded colonialism as the policy by which a
foreign power binds territories to herself by political ties, with the
primary object of promoting her own economic advantage.
…Thus we have witnessed the greatest awakening ever seen on
this earth of suppressed and exploited peoples against the powers
that have kept them in subjection, This, without a doubt, is the
most significant happening of the twentieth century.
Questions
1. According to the words of
Nelson Mandela, what ideals
does he value?
2. According to Kwame
Nkrumah, what was the greatest
happening of the twentieth
century?
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Decolonization
Aim: How were the independence
movements in India and Africa similar?
India
This excerpt, written by Mohandas Gandhi, describes his
method for fighting for Indian Independence.
Passive [non-violent] resistance is a method of securing rights by
personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms… If I do
not obey the law and accept the penalty for its breach [breaking] I
use soul-force. It involves self-sacrifice.
In describing the Salt March, in which he used passive resistance,
Gandhi said the following:
If the awakening of the people in the country is true and real, the
salt law is as good as abolished. [Raising a lump of salt] With
this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.
“Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is
mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the
ingenuity of man.”
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Questions
1. What are Gandhi’s methods
in his fight for Indian
independence?
2. What was one goal of the
Salt March?
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Global History II
Augugliaro/ Patten
Decolonization:
India
Africa
Gandhi:
Nelson Mandela:
Kwame Nkrumah:
Jomo Kenyatta:
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