Ninjagoan colonization of Africa

The **Ninjagoan colonization of Africa** took place in ShitCraft IV during two periods. Initially Ninjago as a growing power of early ShitCraft IV gained possessions in the Indian Ocean by the Ninjagoan West India Company (*Ninjagō Nishiindo Kaisha*), which also included islands of the coast of Africa, including the narrow but enlogated part of the east coast of Madagascar, later to be known as the Madagasukaru Strip and forms part of today Jamalia.

In later ShitCraft IV, the Empire of Ninjago had emerged as a major world power. In August 2020, pursuant to the Ninjago City Conference, colonies were officially established on the African east coast. During the same month, after driving out Holland from Sumatra, Ninjago entered the Hollander owned South Africa, which was handed over without contest. Ninjago reworked the central mine and established slave-labour for rare resources. Prideful Hollander South Africans who refused to leave were treated the worst as they were categorized as close to furthest down in the Ninjagoan racial heirarchy, next to Johanians. Later, Ninjago established rule in the horn of Africa, which was known as Ninjagoan Sigmalia and Djibouti (*Ninjagō Shigumaria to Jibuchi*), which was a contributing event that lead to Sigmarican nationalism and segregationalism. Between Sigmalia-Djibouti and Ninjagoan South Africa a bridge was formed, named Ninjagoan Middle-East Africa (*Ninjagō Chūtō Afurika*). These three colonies, were part of the Ninjagoan Africa (*Ninjagō Afurika*) and were commonly used for extracting goods to the various Ninjagoan colonies.

In North Africa, after Ninjagoan archeological expedition to the Pyramids of Giza, the Ninjagoans were intrigued by the similarities of ancient Egypt and the Ninjagoan culture. The Kingdom of Hellas planned to colonize Egypt, which the Egyptians were aware of as King CrownVortex openly admitted his plans to reconquer the lands of Alexander the Great. However no such invasion happened as Hellas fell to Johanian rule, however, fear struck again as Johania rapidly expanded its size in Africa in the later half of ShitCraft IV. Ninjago entered Egypt and requested an alliance in exchange Egypt would accept the Ninjagoan Emperor as Pharoah. The deal was accepted and for the first time in ShitCraft's history Ninjago gained access to the Mediterranian Sea, but the deal was later declared null and void *ipso facto* after fall of the Empire of Ninjago.

Finally, Ninjago established rule in the Atlantic, inluding the islands off the coast of east Africa and were heavily colonized as they were seen as more strategic in a future battle with Johania. Unlike other regions, the small local population was ignored, as the military objective was prioritized. However, some homes and villages were destroyed in contruction of forts, harbors and for Ninjagoan settlement. The Ninjagoan Atlantic islands, especially the Canary Islands, would be famous for the bombings committed by the Johanian government. The Johanian Republic refused to admit it was their action and accused Vaushist extremists and Johanian sympathizers, but nowadays denies its existence.

Ninjago de-colonized Africa between September and October 2020 after the fall of the Empire of Ninjago.

## Reasons behind expansion

   While the African lands in Ninjago were and still are called "*Ninjagō* *igai no chiiki*", or "areas other than Ninjago", or the lands outside Ninjago, or even the "*Dai kunshu no tochi*", or "Overlord lands" (after the dark demon in Ninjagoan mythology who lead the Spinjitzu Master to split Ninjago) or just commonly "non-Spinjitzu Master lands", Ninjago colonized the area as most other continents and places had been taken over and since Ninjago was at a territorial competition with Johania. This conflict started in mid-ShitCraft IV, after Johania surpassed both Raukirland and Orochi in size and was always since at war with Ninjago to gain the biggest territory. The status of which country that was the largest was always contested as Johania had made large amounts of water claims, unofficial to the United Nations. Ninjago was still determined to gain more territory than Johania's artificial number, and therefore entered Africa and Arabia, even though Ninjago had no other intrests in the regions.

The Madagascar colony would be the only exception as Ninjago in a pseudo-scientific propaganda project declared Madagascar to be formely part of the Ninjagoan continent before the splitting. This was mainly to put blame on Johania for the death of Jamal Black, and to make the living conditions in the Ninjagoan Madagascar better than in the Johanian side, in attempt to make the Johanians look worse internationally. This was very controversial as Ninjago beforehand had killed hundreds of thousands of people who had suffered by Ninjagoan rule and attemped to cross the border to Juliengrad.

## Resource extraction

As Ninjago wanted to keep the First Spinjitzu Master land pure of other racial groups, no slaves were brought to the pacific. Millions were however forced to labour within Africa and Arabia for rare resources that would be used in the war effort and to improve living conditions for Ninjagoans within their colonies. However, since the material from "non-Ninjagoan regions" were and still are viewed as unpure and unholy, a lot of material was also brought to the African colonies for the Ninjagoans to use. Since most resources stayed within the colonies and material was brought to the continent, the colonies experienced an economic boom after Ninjago left the continent. In total, the Ninjagoan colonization in Africa was negatively effecting Ninjago's economy, but was viewed as essential in competition with Johania.

## Racial discrimination

Since Ninjago had no ambition to remove people from the "non-Spinjitzu Master lands", people of other ethnic groups were not systematically murdered such as the peoples living in the Pacific. However, these groups were targeted to submit heavy exploitation. One exception would be Madagascar, as hundreds of thousands of people had attempted to cross the border to the Johanian side were murdered by the government of Ninjago and are counted as part of the Kurenjingu. The Malagasy ethnic group would later be declared honorary Ninjagoan and get better living conditions.

In South Africa, the Hollander ethnic group suffered the most, as they were westerners and were viewed as close to the Johanians by Ninjagoans, and therefore low in the Ninjagoan racial hierarchy. Many were given the bare minimum for survival and forced to work in harsh conditions, either under the heat of the sun or in the almost boiling hot caverns that stretches far down in the ShitCraft's crust. Many died while working, and were buried at the location of death by other Hollanders.

## De-colonization of Africa

While the de-colonization was forced by the United Nations after the fall of the Empire of Ninjago, the former empire without opposition gave up all colonies in Africa besides the Atlantic and Indian Ocean isles, who Ninjago viewed had significant Ninjagoan population and had been greatly invested in by the Ninjagoan government. In the treaties that followed, Ninjago attempted to latch on to the islands, as well as the Madagasukaru Strip but to no avail. Ninjago was determined to rebuild the Canary Island, but was refused to by the United Nations who did not let Ninjago to have any mandates whatsoever outside the Ninjagoan archipelago. The Atlantic and Indian Ocean islands where therefore put into UN-control and handed over to various new governments. The last mandate Ninjago lost was the Madagasukaru Strip, which would symbolically be the offical end to the Empire of Ninjago and the Ninjagoan colonial Empire.

The countries formed after Ninjago's decolonization experienced an economic boom, since wealth accumulated in the countries under the harsh Ninjagoan rule. This economic benefit contributed to the quick rise of the Segregated States of Sigmarica in ShitCraft V.

Since the colonization was only effecting Ninjago negatively, the Second Ninjagoan Empire has no plans of recolonization of Africa besides the islands of the Indian Ocean and Madagascar as a whole. Since the Myjohanian Union, the successor state to the Johanian Republic, is in alliance with Ninjago after ShitCraft V, also has colonies in regions within Africa that Ninjago does want, including Juliengrad, Epstein Island and the Canary Island, Ninjago has given them up temporarily or for good as the Pacific is Ninjago's main priority and breaking the alliance is currently not in Ninjago's interest.