History of Africa-people and quotes

Question 0

Charles Eliot

Answer 0

British governor of Kenya

• said Africa was tabla rasa
• therefore Europeans could do whatever they wanted

Question 1

Lord lugan

Answer 1

Administrator for Britain
Said “Africans are like happy children”
-one of the childlike races of the world
-believed africans would never grow so they needed guidance

-needed European guidance because they had no no government or religion

Question 2

Sir Phillip Mitchell

Answer 2

British Colonial Administrator

• said was Africa was more primitive than when Romans conquered Britain
• like being 2000 years behind

Question 3

Other quote

Answer 3

….darkness is not an aspect of history

Question 4

Hugh Trevor Roper

Answer 4

Historian
Was saying Europeans
Defined Africans
-lives were insignificant before Europeans
-Africans had no history before European exploration and colonization