Africanist (Spain)

Africanists (Spanish: Africanistas) were the people who encouraged a strong colonial involvement of Spain in Africa, particularly in the early 20th century.

Africanism emerged mainly from the loss of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and various other islands in 1898 as a consequence of the Spanish–American War.

[1] Spain's economy recovered quickly after the loss of their colonies during the Spanish-American War, and the general population lost their fervor for maintaining an empire.

[5] According to Sebastian Balfour, Africanist practices, intertwined with ideas on the "degeneration" of the Spanish masses, would become a core tenet of the ideology of "crusade" present in the 1936 coup d'etat.

After the Spanish-Moroccan wars, the government began to reward the army stationed in Morocco higher pay and quicker promotion.

The Junteros blocked any support directed to help the soldiers stationed in Africa as an attempt to weaken the Africanists.