Cultural Impact On Indian Culture

Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, western powers exploited the regions of India, Africa, and Latin America by the formation of colonies. The formation of these colonies, for most western powers, created efficient avenues to increase their economic, political, and social prowess. The European nations organized manual labor systems within their respective colonies to maximize their economic efforts. Their culture and values were also forced on the indigenous societies, discounting and diminishing their already established values. Lastly, the indigenous were controlled and manipulated through political control. Policy was determined by the countries governments that ruled that respective colonies. Although the majority of western powers

Most importantly, the introduction of Christianity was of high importance for the European nations. Ndansi Kumalo, an Ndebele African warrior, recalled the impact of European religion on his society, “In our religion we believe that when anybody dies…we often make offerings to the spirits…but now the making of offering is dying out rapidly” because “the children are Christians and refuse to come” (MajiMaji 290). The introduction of European values impacted the African indigenous cultures by reforming the African

Change really occurred in the social classes and interactions amongst races in India. For example, the classes of individuals began to divide between the Europeans and the Indians. Due to the political power obtained by Great Britain, they were able to alter things in India for their benefit. An article titled “The British Rule in India” stated, “We must not forget that these little communities were contaminated by distinctions of caste and by slavery, that they subjugated man to external circumstances instead of elevating man the sovereign of circumstances (Azamgarh 9). Through receiving control of India, Great Britain impacted and shaped the social realm slowly dissolving the Indian