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African Imperialism
"The Scramble for
Africa, also known
as the Race for
Africa, was the
result of
conflicting
European claims
to
African
territory during the
New Imperialism
period, between the
1880s and the
First World War
in 1914.
As a result of the
heightened tension
between European
states in the last
quarter of the 19th
century, the
partitioning of
Africa may be seen
as a way for the
Europeans to
eliminate the threat
of a European-wide
war over Africa.
Popular ideas in the
19th century also
aided the portioning
of Africa. The ideas
of Charles Darwin
and the
theory of evolution,
the
Eugenics
movement and
Racism, all
helped to foster
European
expansionist policy.
The last 20 years of
the nineteenth
century saw
transition from
‘informal
imperialism’ of
control through
military influence
and economic
dominance to that of
direct rule.
Attempts to mediate
imperial
competition, such as
the
Berlin Conference
(1884 - 1885)
between
Britain,
France and
Germany, failed
to establish
definitively the
competing powers'
claims."
Source of quote and
map:
Wikipedia
"The Scramble for
Africa, also known
as the Race for
Africa, was the
result of
conflicting