Colonialism an End in Africa

In the 1960s colonialism came to an end in Africa. Seeing that colonialism kept Africans from being able to fully dictate their own lifestyles, this eventually caused Africans to reject European policies and demand change. The desire to withdrawal from European authority was largely fueled by the changes that were forced on their lifestyles before War World II; this was done by authority figures dictating Africans daily lives and setting up a social hierarchy. Along with the exploitation of the economic regime were the Europeans set up a system which allowed them to control every export and import.(Cooper) Finally World War II essentially changed everything, it allowed Africans to view the Europeans in a different light, they saw vulnerability and weakness which eventually lead to reform.

The struggle for the preservation of the Africans lifestyle began during the time of the 1910s and 20s. This was the period were French Africa pushed for the enforcement of the indigenat. This enabled administrators to act quickly in the suppression of offenses for which judicial procedure was supposedly to slow (indigenat 221). The offenses punishable ranged from anywhere from evasion of taxes to refusing to work, the administrators in charge would not hesitate in granted punishment typically two weeks imprisonment. It was unfortunate that individuals of the colonies lived in a constant fear of seeing jail time if they violated even the slightest of laws. Although the issue that caused more difficulty was the new decree that exempted eight different classes from the indigenat. It was the beginnings of segregating natives into certain social classes. It gave an inference that only those natives who have reached the standards of the European lifestyle could receive exemption (indigenat 222). Producing the Europeans idea of what the social hierarchy should be, when for over a number years the Africans worked towards getting their concept just to be taken away. This caused an elite class who were almost considered citizens and a majority who were peasants, who still had no rights and even further unhappy with political control. The political situation that the natives had was severely lacking due to the presence of the Europeans, as well as suffering from their culture of their daily