• Some Africans hated the introduction of new system of administration which led a lost of the powers of the traditional rules.
• Some Africans also hated the introduction of new policies which were use to govern them.
• Some African leaders were badly treated and disrespected by the colonial masters which provoked resistance.
• Some Africans were not happy with the lost of their independence and souvereignty.
• Europeans powers violated treaties signed with the local chiefs. They converted treaties of annexation, friendship, protection, trade.
• Europeans adopted divide and rule and favoured some tribes against other which let to resistances.

SOCIAL

• Europeans were against African cultural practices like: polygamy,idole worshiping etc which provoked resistances.
• Most Europeans traders and officials were very immoral towards native womens which led to resistance.
• European practiced racism and treated Africans as black monkeys and apes.
• Important areas in Africa were reserved for Europeans setlers.

ECONOMICS

• They imposed light taxes
• Africans experienced poor working conditions in the factories were subjected low working  wages which pushed them to resist.
• The seizure of natives lands to open plantations and European settlements with little or no compensation.
• Europeans brought crops at very low prices to Africans which  made the natives to revolte.
• Europeans destroyed the African middlemen monopoly of trade and dominated in port and exports trade this provoked resistance.
• Europeans subjected Africans to force labour in the Plantations and other colonial working scheme(project).