COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Gave most of the land back to Africa
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owned by European countries and they drew new border lines without considering political, ethnic, or religious African groups.
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partitioned and took effort not to disrupt cultural and ethnic borders
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mostly owned by France
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Berlin Conference spanned almost four months of deliberations, from 15 November 1884 to 26 February 1885. By the end of the Conference the European powers had neatly divided Africa up amongst themselves, drawing the boundaries of Africa much as we know them today.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the Berlin Conference in 1884 and 1885, European countries established colonial boundaries in Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although most of these African colonies were controlled by nations, the Berlin Conference allowed King Leopold II of Belgium to become the sole owner of the vast area that is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa.
Detailed explanation-4: -[1] The Berlin Conference legitimized the partition of Africa; colonialists designed regional maps without providing any notification to the local African rulers, and made treaties among colonial powers to avoid resource competition.