How did the Africans resist imperialism? Was the resistance a good course to take?

Africans resisted colonization in three major ways. First, may African nations simply fought the colonizers in armed combat. Traditional weaponry was no match for modern European military might, and these engagements always ended in European victory. Ethiopia resisted colonization by modernizing first. Finally, some African polities saw the war as an opportunity to restructure political relationships between themselves and European colonizers.