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Impact of Nationalist Movements against Western Colonialism and Decolonization
In Sub-Saharan Africa and India

Rocky Webb
Contemporary History FALA07, Section G
Professor John Radzilowski
December 15, 2007
Impact of Nationalist Movements Against Western Colonialism
in Sub-Saharan Africa and India
Colonialism is the exploitation by a stronger country over a weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country. (Colonialism, no date, p.1) Besides the economic point of view, the process of colonialism can not be defined without the cultural concepts such as imposing a religion, traditions or a language of a nation upon a weaker nation. With these two main perspectives, Europe always executed the policy of exploiting the underdeveloped regions of the world. In contrast to European desires, the imperialistic policies were refused by the nationalist movements of the public of the exploited regions. The imperialistic policies of......

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