TODAY WE DISCUSS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF WORLD WAR ONE BASICALY ON AFRICA


The First World War brought the following effects on the lands of Africa.
1. Death and destruction of African properties
The war led to the destruction of African properties especially African Agriculture and deaths of Africans who participated in the war like in Libya, Somalia and Kenya.
2. Extreme exploitation
The aftermath of the First World War led to intensive exploitation of African resources because the European nations wanted to compensate what they had lost during the war. Example, introduction of new taxes, forced labor, mineral extraction became dominant.
 3. Great depression
The First World War led to the Great Depression which victimized Africa economies that led to the fall of the prices of cash crops which became a region to solve the problems of great depression in Europe. Example prices of African agriculture produce fallen, wages of social services reduced.
4. Fall of prices of the raw materials
The war led to the fall of prices of raw materials because of severe financial crisis that faced the capitalist and colonies during the period of war.
5. Cut down of colonial government
Colonial Governments in Africa cut down expenditures in social services were tremendously reduced because of the severe financial constraints faced in the war period.
6. Rise of Welfare associations
The war led to the rise of welfare associations in the colonies which were formed as a method to intensively exploit African resources such welfare associations included Kilimanjaro Native Planters, Bukoba Coffee growers, Bataka associations etc.
7. Introduction and development of colonial schemes
The colonial governments in Africa established different colonial schemes in order to generate big qualities and quantity as to increase export in the metropolitan.
8. Rise of socialism in Africa
Soon after the end of the war two big nations were emerged as the superpower, which were USA and USSR and from there USSR started to help African countries to regain their lost independence with the conditions for African nation to adopt socialism ideology.
10. Social miseries
The war led to social misery in various parts of Africa where the war reached suffering caused by homelessness, displacement, famine, diseases, fear and uncertainties.

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