SECTOR OF COLONIAL ECONOMY

my free school tannzania March 08, 2015
                                            
SECTOR  OF COLONIAL ECONOMY.
Colonial  economy  refers  to  the  production  and  consumption  patterns  established  in  the  colonies  by  the  colonial  masters  with  the  aim  of  serving  colonial  interests  of  maximizing  profit  through  the  exploitation  of  cheap  labor,   raw  materials,  market  and  land  in  Africans.  The  colonial  economies  were  established  over  a  span  of  years  gradually  killing  the  self  sustaining  African  economies.  The  colonial  comprised   with  the  major  sectors:-
i.                    Colonial  Agriculture
ii.                  Colonial  Industries   
iii.                Colonial Mining
iv.                Colonial  Transport And Communication
v.                  Financial Institution
vi.                Trade
1.      TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION.
This sectors involved the construction of railways, road  habours, ports and telegraphs in  East Africa. The pattern and network of the railways system ran from the coastal habour to the region which produced raw materials. The roads and water ways acted as  feeder ways to the railways system linking them with remote areas. There were a number of railways which were constructed in East Africa.
In Tanganyika.
The German’s firstly in  the Tanganyika built Tanga line in 1893  and reached Mombo in  Mombo in 1908.  It was extended to Moshi in 1912. It served the settlers in Usambara, the plantation owners and Africans peasants in Kilimanjaro
They  alsoconstructed the central line from Dar es salaam  in 1905 to morogoro in 1907. The line reached Tabora in 1912 and kigoma in 1914. It was extended by the British after the first world war from Tabora to Mwanza by 1928.
In Kenya.
There was construction of Kenyato Uganda railway by the British. It startedat Mombasa in 1896 and reached Nairobi in 1899.  By 1928 the railways had extended to jinja and kampala under the condtruction of the Indian Labourers. All these transport system played a great role in the support of colonial economy.

FUNCTION OF COLONIAL ECONOMY.
1.      They transported raw materials from the interior to the coast ready to be exported to European and Imported Manufactured goods into the colonies.
2.      They transported Migrant labourers from the labour reserves to productive areas
3.      They transported colonial official and troops who could keep peace and orders, collect taxes and suppress uprisings on European farms.
4.      They opened  up societies for the benefit of the Europeans and allowed them to know more about the geographical of the interior and areas for economic exploitation
5.      Telegraphs were means of exchange information on African exploitation
 EXERCISE
1.      Explain the meaning and function of colonial economy in east Africa
2.      Mention 5 sectors of colonial economy in Africa.

3.      Mention two (2) agents of colonial economy in Tanzania.