Colonialism and Post Colonial Ethnic Conflict in East African Countries

Independence was achieved from the end of the 19th century to the early 1960s, East African countries were under colonial rule of the European empire. After decades of foreign rule, unparalleled change took place in society, and the emerging colonial state was damaged by ethnic conflict. The beliefs of the governments of the UK, Belgium and Germany have been alleged to have led them to completely reorganize the society they were managing, based on the imaginary 'tribe' model they invented race.

Recent research has shown that modern African races are social components of the colonial period and responded to social, economic, cultural and political forces of colonialism through colonial pre-society It was. Ethnicity is a product of a continuous historical process, always based on the past, always in creation, always new and old. The foundations of colonial countries are based on colonial relationships with customers by incorporating ethnically defined administrative units related to the population of that area with alliances with local "adults" is. European assumptions about educated, culturally homogeneous "tribe", as well as bureaucratic concern for the classification, classification and enumeration of target groups, and the activities of missionaries and anthropologists, are reinforcing this. Especially race is the creation of the elite seeking the foundation of conservative modernization.

Please explain the complex inner and outer processes and awareness development of the national community. From colonial invasion and Africa's reaction there is a unique relationship between colonialism in bureaucratic authoritarianism, sponsorship and protection, and ethnic division and competition. The continuity, power relationship and identity of these institutions in post colonial countries formed the characteristics of African countries, namely social relations and "abdominal politics". These combinations in emergency nationalism that impairs the legitimacy of the state impede the formation of a wider ethnic national identity and determine the prospects of the current democratization effort.

In the colonial period since the colonial era, identity has become an important aspect of the political process in Nigeria. Race is a social phenomenon related to the interaction between individuals of different ethnic groups in the political system where language and culture are the most notable attributes. Race and religious beliefs are the most basic and politically important identity of Nigerian people. In Nigeria, the political control structure is formed based on race and religious beliefs through a customized sponsorship system. These identities are the cause of domestic conflict and collapse. Since the recovery of democratic control, ethnic identity and mobilization in the political landscape of Nigeria has often resulted in political instability and constant conflict. Since 1999, several riots and associated confusion have been reported, killing thousands of people and destroying their wealth.