WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Europeans decided how to divide up Africa.
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Africans decided how to divide up Africa.
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Africans mapped out routes for the slave trade.
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Germany staked claim to most of Africa.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the time of the conference, 80 percent of Africa remained under traditional and local control. What ultimately resulted was a hodgepodge of geometric boundaries that divided Africa into 50 irregular countries. This new map of the continent was superimposed over 1, 000 indigenous cultures and regions of Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -This conference was called by German Chancellor Bismarck to settle how European countries would claim colonial land in Africa and to avoid a war among European nations over African territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Berlin Conference was seen as the beginning of the “Scramble for Africa.” The “Scramble for Africa” was the invasion and colonization of African territory by European powers between 1881 and 1914.
Detailed explanation-4: -With the exception of Ethiopia and Liberia, all the states that make up present day Africa were parceled out among the colonial powers within a few years after the meeting. Lines of longitude and latitude, rivers and mountain ranges were pressed into service as borders separating the colonies.
Detailed explanation-5: -How did the Berlin Conference decide Africa’s fate? It set new rules for the settlement and development of colonies in Africa.