Answer to Question #270652 in History for Lerato

Question

Discuss how European explorers viewed African History in the first half of the 20th century.

Answer 1

Africans were regarded as unable to govern themselves, requiring the supervision of more superior races, and African cultural achievement was often ignored.

For many centuries, Africa was regarded by the Western world as the "dark continent," This means an unexplored but also savage and untamed area, populated by heathens and wild animals. The mind of the explorer is typically excited by the prospect of negotiating hostile and uncharted environments, and hence Africa became a magnet to many European explorers.