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===Although both Africa and India in Asia had fallen victim to colonization and imperial control during the time of imperialism, the world wars encouraged both societies to campaign for their freedom and eventually become an independent society l**egacies of colonialism. While fighting for their rights, Africa and nations in Asia face economic struggles to survive in the fast-paced world.**===

**Africa**

 * the scramble for Africa began in 1875 to 1900, in which most of Africa was colonized by the European empires
 * Almost all of Africa was colonized by various countries of Europe, the areas they occupied were determined in the Berlin Conference in the late 1800s
 * Although not directly involved in the war, because colonies in Africa were very valuable for the European powers, they were the target of some of the World war one and two agression. In the First war for example, the German colonies in South Africa were the target of many allied agression, as they wanted to overtake them. They also wanted to destroy the German foothold in Africa
 * In the north African colony of [|Algeria], occupied by the French, there were approximately two million french people settled in Algeria.
 * France did not want to lose Africa as its colony, and as a result of its concentrated efforts to hold on to its colony in Algeria; it lost most of its other African colonies.
 * Because the colony of Algeria had been left alone for so many years durring the wars and was left to take care of itself they became resentful of the French now trying to reassert their power over them.
 * The Algerian War of Liberation began in 1954, the Algerians fighting to boot the French out of Algeria and the French fighting to try to maintain one of their last African colonies. The bloody war ended in 1962 with the Algerians gaining independence, yet at the price of a massive bloodshed
 * Nationalistic feelings resulted in discontent and more of a drive to achieve independence in the African colonies
 * Although some of the independence movements were able to take place somewhat peacefully such as in Ghana, others occured relatively violently such as the indepencence movement in Kenya

In 1858, the East India Company, under the mandate of Queen Victoria began to impose their rule over India. Under the control of the East India company and British administration, India was transformed
 * Legacies of Colonialism in Asia**
 * extended authority to parts of Ceylon
 * cleared forests
 * reconstructed landholdings and ecouraged the cultivation of crops
 * built extensive railway and telegram system
 * constructed new canals harbors and irrigation systems


 * India independence movements had been in motion thanks to the tireless efforts of visionaries such as [|Mohandas Gandhi], although the second world war slowed this process
 * India was split between the Musilims and the Hindus
 * Patterns of Economic Development in Africa and Asia

Africa**
 * European states still controlled most of Africa
 * They couldn't really develop because of WWI
 * Allies tried to bomb German colonies to weaken German advances and supply in trade
 * The Great Depression caused serious problems in the economy of Africa because they were controlled by most of the Eurpeans and they suffered as well
 * Africa was controlled by colonizers so it had no choice in where they were trading to and how much of their supply was given
 * The impact of the depression caused the Africans to have high umemployment rates
 * Wars for independences occured as the apartheid went on
 * Now, most of African nations are less developed countries, have the world's lowest per capita incomes and have very little industrial development
 * Face large foreign debts, falling commodity prices and rising import cost


 * Asia**
 * In the mid 1920s, parts in Asia was affected by the Great Depression; although Japan's economy was going down, China and the Philippines was slightly protected. China was not dependent on foreign trade and the Philippines had surrport from the United States.
 * When [|Mao Zedong]took over China(near the 1950s), efforts of improving China's economy by developing plans such as the Great Leap Forward (1958-1961) and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
 * Mao's plans worked for a short period however, it ended with many lives dying
 * In the Great Leap Forward, they focused on industrailizing but they neglected the agriculture.
 * In the Cultural Revolution, Mao killed off all the intellectuals and had uneducated people take over in most of China
 * In India, (1996-1977 and 1980-1984), under the rule of Indira Gandhi, they maintained a good political system, however they faced poverty, overpopulation conflicts and wars.
 * After Mao's death, Deng Xiaoping took over and changed the nations values. He wanted to trade with foreign countries, especially the United States
 * Japan still maintains a high status in the industry productions, alongside the United States

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