HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Ethiopia
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Egypt
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Chad
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Kenya
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 10 percent of Africa that was under formal European control in 1870 increased to almost 90 percent by 1914, with only Liberia and Ethiopia remaining independent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ethiopia and Liberia are widely believed to be the only two African countries to have never been colonized. Their location, economic viability, and unity helped Ethiopia and Liberia avoid colonization.
Detailed explanation-3: -The countries represented at the time included Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway (unified from 1814-1905), Turkey, and the United States of America.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ‘Scramble for Africa’ At colonialism’s peak, only Liberia, created for the re-settlement of free Black Americans, and Ethiopia remained independent.
Detailed explanation-5: -On the first day of March 124 years ago, traditional warriors, farmers and pastoralists as well as women defeated a well-armed Italian army in the northern town of Adwa in Ethiopia. The outcome of this battle ensured Ethiopia’s independence, making it the only African country never to be colonized.