HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Congo and South Africa
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Ethiopia and Liberia
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Egypt and Morocco
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Sudan and Chad
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Detailed explanation-1: -Only two African states remained truly independent: the small country of Liberia on the west coast, which was viewed as within the American sphere of influence, and Ethiopia, which resisted Italian invasion through war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Only Liberia and Ethiopia remained free from European control.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Battle of Adowa (Ethiopia) As you have already learned, Ethiopia along with Liberia, were the only African countries that were not colonized by Europeans. It was not that European powers were not interested in colonizing Ethiopia-they were!
Detailed explanation-5: -By 1914, 90% of Africa had been divided between seven European countries with only Liberia and Ethiopia remaining independent nations.