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  1. Colonisation of Africa

    External colonies were first founded in Africa during antiquity. Ancient Greeks and Romans established colonies on the African continent in North Africa, similar to how they established settler-colonies in parts of Eurasia. Some of these endured for centuries; however, popular parlance of colonialism in Africa usually focuses on the European conquests of African states and societies in the Scramble for Africa during the age of New Imperialism, followed by gradual decolonisation after World War II. The principal powers involved in the modern colonisation of Africa were Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Italy. European rule had significant impacts on Africa's societies and the suppression of communal autonomy disrupted local customary practices and caused the irreversible transformation of Africa's socioeconomic systems. Colonies were maintained for the purpose of economic exploitation and extraction of natural resources. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    External colonies were first founded in Africa during antiquity. Ancient Greeks and Romans established colonies on the African continent in North Africa, similar to how they established settler-colonies in parts of Eurasia.Some of these endured for centuries; however, popular parlance of colonialism in Africa usually focuses on the European conquests of African states and societies in the ...
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  4. en.wikipedia.org

    The Scramble for Africa [a] was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the late 19th century and early 20th century in the era of "New Imperialism": Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Spain.. In 1870, 10% of the continent was formally under European control.
  5. britannica.com

    Jan 15, 2025The origins of the Scramble for Africa can be traced to 19th-century expeditions into the interior of the continent undertaken by European explorers, two of the most famous being David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley.These expeditions led to the dissemination of information about the physical geography of the continent, the vast natural resources that remained unexploited by the local ...
  6. sahistory.org.za

    European colonisation of Africa in the late 19th century. Africa before European colonisation. Due to worldwide insufficiency of world knowledge, the size and abilities of Africa as a continent was majorly undermined and oversimplified. Before colonisation, Africa was characterised by widespread flexibility in terms of movement, governance, and ...
  7. thecollector.com

    Jun 29, 2024European nations began rapidly expanding their African territories. France took Algeria in 1830. Britain gained control of the Cape Colony (modern-day South Africa) in 1877 and the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) in 1874. Portugal controlled the colonies of Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau, where they had a presence as early as the 15th century.
  8. worldatlas.com

    Colonialism in Africa A map, published in Portugal in 1623, showing a representation of Africa as understood by colonizers. Colonialism is the act by which a country or state exerts control and domination over another country or state. During a period lasting from 1881 to 1914 in what was known as the Scramble for Africa, several European nations took control over areas of the African continent.
  9. britannica.com

    7 days agoWestern Africa - Colonization, Trade, Empires: The European scramble to partition and occupy African territory is often treated as a peripheral aspect of the political and economic rivalries that developed between the new industrial nations in Europe itself and that were particularly acute from about 1870 to 1914. Its opening has commonly been taken to be either the French reaction to the ...
  10. africansahara.org

    The Scramble for Africa, also known as the Partition of Africa, was a period of rapid colonization and division of the African continent by European powers between 1881 and 1914. This era was marked by intense competition among European nations to establish colonies and exploit Africa's resources and markets. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 formalized
  11. worldhistoryedu.com

    The Scramble for Africa is generally defined as the period between 1881 and 1914 that saw European powers increase their stake in Africa from around 10 percent to about 90 percent. The continent of Africa was invaded, divided and then colonized by seven major Western powers, with France and Britain taking the lion's share of the continent.
  12. historyskills.com

    The Scramble for Africa, a period spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries, represents a transformative era not only in the history of the African continent, but also in the annals of global geopolitics. This period, marked by rapid and extensive European colonization, redefined the political, cultural, and economic landscape of Africa, shaping the trajectory of the continent's future ...
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