COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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South Africa
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India
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Vietnam
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Ethiopia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Adowa (Ethiopia) As you have already learned, Ethiopia along with Liberia, were the only African countries that were not colonized by Europeans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Their location, economic viability, and unity helped Ethiopia and Liberia avoid colonization. Ethiopia was officially recognized as an independent state in 1896, after decisively defeating invading Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. Apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini’s Italy, it has never been colonised.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ethiopia was never colonized by a European power, but was occupied by Italians in 1936 (see below); however, several colonial powers had interests and designs on Ethiopia in the context of the 19th-century “Scramble for Africa."