Colonial economies and their legacy Flashcards

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Q

What are the three type of African economies?

Which countries fall under these categories?

A

Peasant based cash crop economies

  • Gold Coast
  • Nigeria
  • Uganda

Mining
- Northern Rhodesia

Settler economies / plantations

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What was Lugard’s Duel Mandate?

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Lugard saw that empires couldn’t be entirely exploitative and extractive

Post WW1 League of Nations established - colonial rule had to be legitimised by developing Africa whilst retaining and expanding profitability for the empire

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