Is shocked a positive or negative

Shocked is more neutral than either but if I had to give a answer it would be negative in its connotation

It developed as a reaction to the impact of european colonialism in africa on peoples of african descent. in the  mid-20th century, activists in africa adopted pan-africanism as a rallying cry for independence from colonial rule. some african pan-africanists sought to unite the continent as one independenthope it was useful