JAMB - History (2024 - No. 70)

The concept of "The White Man's Burden," which justified European imperialism, was popularized by which British writer?
H.G. Wells
Joseph Conrad
Charles Dickens
Rudyard Kipling

Explanation

The concept of 'The White Man's Burden, which justified European imperialism, was popularized by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling's poem of the same name portrayed imperialism as a duty of the white race to civilize and uplift non-white peoples.

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