The main visual elements of this cartoon are the black Africa, and the giant footprint cutting across most of the country. I believe that this cartoon is about the colonization and subsequent draining of resources that occured in Africa. Also about how the spirits, the country, the people, and the culture of Africa was crushed by a "White" opressive foot. Therefore I'd have to say that the cartoonist dislikes the colonization of Africa. My support comes from the contrast between black and white, also from how the foot has left a desert-like mark, indicating that the people were crushed. The image kind of gives of the feeling of Africa being used up. Kind off like a doormat that everyone crushes and wipes their feet on. I guess this is actually an effectively used propaganda technique. If I could do one thing better, I would add a caption. It would probably be confusing to other people who aren't studying imperial and colonialism.
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Hi!
Wat u wrote made sense, and i agree with it. I think that adding a caption would be a good idea, and I like how u described Africa as being a doormat which everyone steps on. Where u said that the foot left a desert-like mark, I didn't think about that but I think that its a good idea and i think it fits what the cartoonist wanted to show.
good job!! :P
I really like how you described imperialism in Africa, and about how the foot prints resemble Europeans crushing Africa like a used up doormat. Also, I really liked how you said it was like Africa was all used up.
You supported and stated your information clearly and efficiently in this well written blog posting. I agree with pretty much everything there! There is just one little thing i could suggest. I noticed how you said that the footprint makes a desert like mark on the "doormat" version of the continent. This could indicate that Africa was drained of all its resources and people, that all that was a left was desert.
Nice paragraph Nanda S. I bid you farewell
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