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Prelude to m’zungu colonisation of Africa

"Veni, Vidi,"

The Royal African Company was dissolved by the African Company Act 1750, with its

assets being transferred to the African Company of Merchants. “

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The African Company of Merchants Trading to Africa

" The African Company of Merchants or Company of Merchants Trading to Africa was a
British chartered company operating from 1752 to 1821 in the Gold Coast area of

modern Ghana. This coastal area was dominated by the indigenous Fante people. It was
established by the African Company Act 1750, and in 1752 replaced the Royal African
Company.

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The company was managed by the African Committee, which was composed of nine

committee members, three each from London, Liverpool and Bristol. These were elected
from the general body of traders from these cities, who paid 40 shillings to be admitted
to the company. The company was funded by an annual grant approved by Parliament,

which covered the costs of the London office and the forts.

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However, after it became public knowledge that the company had failed to suppress the
African slave trade within its privately held territory, the British government abolished the
company in 1821.”

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Missions & Missionaries

Missionaries are now widely seen as having been integral to the process of the

colonisation of Africa

" When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible, and we had the land. They
said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they

had the land ”

Desmond Tutu 18
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