Social impacts of the partition of Africa
Answer Text: Social impacts of the partition of Africaa) Through the protection offered to missionaries, it stimulated the spread of Christianity to various parts of Africa.b) It led to development of urban centres. Some towns grew as centres of administration e.g. Nairobi and Machakos. Others grew as railway terminus e.g. Kisumu.c) African welfare was boosted. Some African benefited from western education and health facilities introduced by the Europeans.d) European languages were introduced in Africa.e) Negatively, it created landlessness as European settlers appropriated African land.
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