COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM 1870 1914
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25%
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97%
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75%
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80%
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the early 20th century, around 90 percent of Africa was directly controlled by Europeans (Figure 6.3. 1). European colonization of Africa completely reshaped the political and ethnic landscape, with lasting effects even today.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. By the time of 1913 almost all of Africa was colonized. The percentage of colonized Africa was 97%. 2.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, powerful African armies were able to keep the Europeans out of most of Africa for 400 years. In fact, as late as 1880, Europeans controlled only 10 percent of the continent’s land, mainly on the coast.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1870, only 10 percent of Africa was under formal European control; by 1914 this had increased to almost 90 percent of the continent, with only Ethiopia (Abyssinia) and Liberia remaining independent, the latter of which was a former United States colony.