Imperialism during the period following the Age of Exploration, when European countries acquired colonies to support mental power, can be called "old imperialism." ... As a result of the Industrial Revolution, countries needed colonies for raw materials to feed the increasing number of factories, markets for finished products, places to invest surplus capital, and places to send surplus population. ... In the late 1800s and early 1900s, European nations acquired colonies in Africa in order to take advantage of the continents raw materials. ... Southern Africa attracted European settlers bec...

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ABSTRACT This dissertation aims to study development and broadcasting in Zambia, to draw conclusions as to the present situation of broadcasting and the direction it should move in the future. The study of the development of broadcasting in Zambia and its current structure are outlined together with details of its structure, policy and the constraints placed upon it. The findings of this study show that broadcasting - radio in particular - has become the dominant news source for the nation, an effective instrument of propaganda for the government and a powerful influence in the political, s...

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Although there had been a British and greater European presence in Africa prior to the last two decades of the 19th century it was primarily coastal and revolved around the slave trade. With the abolition of the slave trade within the British Empire in 1803 and a complete abolition of slavery across the empire in 1834 there was little interest in Africa by Britain until the end of the century. This lack of interest in Africa did not include The Cape Colony though, which the British gained at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and which served a key role in outfitting ships on the British trade rou...

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It's rather a memento (and a pernicious one) of colonialism: that just as the Imperial and colonial nations used to trade between the "home" country and the various colonies so too those colonies have their trade oriented outwards to those former colonial powers. ... The epidemic is taking place far from the big safari destinations in eastern and southern Africa-as far or farther than the homes of many European tourists (see map). ...

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