Effects of
Post/Colonialism in
Africa
Effects of Colonialism in
Africa
• Genocide
• When was this term
created?
• The systematic
extermination of a
group of people on
the basis of a defining
characteristic.
• Term was created
after the Holocaust in
1948. Used so the
world can identify and
stop horrific acts
Effects of Colonialism in
Africa
• Examples of genocide
• -killing members of the
group
• -causing serious bodily or
mental harm
• -creating living conditions
to destroy
• -imposing measures to
prevent the birth
• -forcibly transferring
children of the group to
another group
Effects of Colonialism in
Africa
• Refugee
• 33 million
• Someone who has
left their country
because of political or
environmental
reasons and have
crossed an
international border.
• The number of
“refugees” in the
world.
Effects of Colonialism in
Africa
• Internally Displaced
Person (IDP)
• What type of
protection do each
receive?
• Someone that has
been forced to move
like a refugee but has
stayed within the
country.
• Refugees are
protected by
international law, but
IDP’s are under the
protection of local
authorities.
Effects of Colonialism in
Africa
• What are the
consequences?
• Malnutrition
• Water
• Disease
– Most of which are
curable such as the
measles
• Rape
– Used as a weapon of
war and ethnic
cleansing
IDP Women in India and
Central African Republic
Effects of Colonialism in
Africa
• What are some of the
mental
consequences?
Young girl collecting firewood
• Loss of privacy and
decency
• Inability to support
themselves
• Focused on day to
day survival
Effects of Colonialism in
Africa
• What are the living
conditions?
• Overcrowded
– Causing people to
fight over resources
• Crowded living space
causes fires to easily
spread in the camps
Fire in Uganda IDP camp
Uganda
• Civil War
• Why do people fight
in Civil Wars?
• A type of war where
people of the same
political boundary
(country) fight
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Territory
Power
Money
Cultural differences
Uganda
• Rebel
• Lord’s Resistance
Army
• Term given to
individuals that attack
the government
• Known as the LRA,
this rebel group is
fighting the Uganda
government
Uganda
• Night commute
• When young
Rwandan children go
to shelters to be
protected from
abduction