1. Racism and the Colonization of Africans
Europe's Interest in Africa Before looking at the nature of racial thinking, the question needs to be asked: Why was Europe interested in Africa, in the first place? ... In Pre-colonial Africa, people had several identities at the same time. ... It can be seen that the main Holy Grail was to change the identity of Africans and by slowly assimilating Africans into European culture; a common example to illustrate this is the changing of African names to Christian ones. ... As Jomo Kenyatta illustrates: "When Europeans came to Africa, they had the bible and the Africans had the land. ...
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