Legacies of colonialism Flashcards
During the colonial rule what was a no attempt?
No attempt to train African personnel
What did the lack of trained personnel lead to?
Difficult for the first independent governments to meet social and economic needs
What did this difficulty to meet the needs lead to?
Political dissatisfaction
What was not sustainable when they were granted independence?
Limited infrastructure
Where people trained to fill in government department?
No one was trained
Who sold in the positions of the government department?
Three Congolese how positions in the civil servants (1959)
Belgians occupied 4872 positions
How many graduates were produced call the Belgian government?
Only 30 graduates
What were they know jobs off?
Doctors, engineers, army offices and secondary school teachers
How many Congolese teachers were employed a primary level?
35,244
How many of these teachers were adequately trained?
Only 10,000
How many teachers were provided an emergency teaching course?
12,000
How many teachers taught without training?
13,000
What do you do Belgium secretly interfering?
Newlyformed political structure in Congo – ensure they would maintain their control over the resources
What movements did the USA and Belgium phoned in terms of resources?
Secessionist movements
Define secession
Formal withdrawal from an organisation
What areas in Congo are resource rich?
Katanga and South Masai
Why did Lumumba have an inability to transfer him the Congo into a stable independent state?
The interference from Belgium and the USA
What else was rooted in colonialism?
Ethnic rivalry
How did the Belgians secure their position of authority?
Encouraging intertribal divisions
What is a tactic was employed by the gym?
Divide and rule
What made it difficult for the government to function effectively between 1961 in 1965?
Regional rivalry is Amanda political parties
Where did Civil War take place?
West Kasai, East Kasai, and Kiev
Why did Kasavubu invite Tshombe as prime minister?
Found that a strong person was needed to set of the conflict
What did Tshombe use to settle conflict>
Fountain paratroopers and foreign soldiers
Why was Tshombe fired?
He was seen as a more powerful leader
