5th November 1896

It has been more than two years since the Europeans arrived in our state. Life has been the same as it was two years ago and we have since little change in our way of life so far. Modern technology has not been incorporated into our life and things have barely changed much. We are still awaiting for the great change which would improve our lives. Recently, I heard that the British are going to officially take over our country. I have mixed views on this. Firstly, what would happen to our leader? Would he remain in power or would he be taking up a lesser role? However, I think this might be beneficial for us. The European political system has proved to be successful considering that Europe is a modern society with high-technology advancements. If the same political system is applied for us, it might bring about modernization for us.

Then in the afternoon, the whites brought us some peculiar objects. A rod-like object was used to inscribe words on a white thin-piece of rectangular object. It caused much generated much excitement throughout the village as most of us have never seen such an object before. Before the whites came, we had to use a sharp stick to carve on a piece of rock which was of utmost difficulty. Unexpectedly, we found that using this object made carving items easier and improved communications between each other. The whites also showed us a black ,shiny metallic object in which they used to shoot at distant objects. I was particularly interested in this as due was able to substitute for bows and arrows and had a higher accuracy . Despite initial disappointment with the lack of progress in our state, we still remain optimistic about the future. We had lofty dreams for ourselves , which was to reach the high standard of living of the whites and leave our history which was blighted with hunger pangs and poverty.

News have also slowly diffused that Britain has reached into a confrontation with France due to imperialism based on strategic reasons in the Nile System. Apparently, Britain wanted to acquire Sudan so as to protect its Nile system . France was jealous and made counter moves to spite Britain. Britain felt threatened by the move and moved again so as to protect its own colonies. This continued on and resulted in a tension between Britain and France in the Fashoda Crisis. I dont know much about it , but I think this is going to seriously affect both countries relations