Date | November 2021 | Marks available | 15 | Reference code | 21N.3op1.HL.TZ0.19 |
Level | Higher level only | Paper | Paper 3 (History of Africa and the Middle East) | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Compare and contrast | Question number | 19 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
Section 10: Africa under colonialism (1890–1980)
Compare and contrast the impact of settlers in one British colony and one Portuguese colony.
Markscheme
The question requires that candidates give an account of the similarities and differences between the impact of settlers in one British colony and one Portuguese colony, referring to both throughout. Impact may extend beyond the timeframe, but it must be clearly linked to the issue raised in the question. Candidates may note that the settler presence often led to political radicalization, with settlers demanding residential segregation and the economic subordination of Africans. They may refer to resulting tensions between colonial officials and settler groups, or to ways in which the settler presence delayed the march to independence. Candidates may refer to more specific developments, such as the roles played by settler communities in the causes and course of the liberation wars in Mozambique and Angola, in the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya, in the creation of the Central African Federation, and in the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Rhodesia.