Resist? Ghana begged the UK to administrate their country. The local king could see the advantages of being an English colony.
The UK initially refused, because they didn't want to make the investment.
Africans would much rather have been subjects of the crown, with all the rights and privileges that conferred, than being conquered by the neighboring tribes and sold as slaves; which was very much a reality for many.
The quality of life of the colonial subjects shot up immediately after the colonial power moved in. They plummeted the minute the colony was abandoned. Ask Cambodia how that turned out for them.
Resist? Ghana begged the UK to administrate their country. The local king could see the advantages of being an English colony.
The UK initially refused, because they didn't want to make the investment.
Africans would much rather have been subjects of the crown, with all the rights and privileges that conferred, than being conquered by the neighboring tribes and sold as slaves; which was very much a reality for many.
The quality of life of the colonial subjects shot up immediately after the colonial power moved in. They plummeted the minute the colony was abandoned. Ask Cambodia how that turned out for them.