AFRICAN COLONIZATON

BERLIN CONFERENCe

• It got started because Europeans didn't want to fight over Africa
• 14 of these European nations attended the Berlin Conference which lasted from 1884-1885
• Not one African ruler was invited to attend this conference
• Europeans divided Africa without caring about where African ethnic or linguistic groups lived

EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM

• European global expansion had began in the fifteenth century
• Latin America and the seaports of Asia and Africa were the first to be colonized by Europeans
• The African climate, disease and geography delayed most European colonization until the 19th century
• England was the leading European colonial power

IMPERIALISTIC METHODS

• Guns
• Steamboats
• Medicine
• Military Forces

END OF COLONIALISM

• Europe gave up Africa because it was just becoming too much
• Africa was then a mess and civil war broke out
• Africa also didn't know how to rule themselves after they were on their own
• A new group of rulers in Africa had to rise up and take control even though they didn't have much experience

LASTING EFFECTS

• Colonialism completely tarnished the rich traditional practices and beliefs of Africans
• It also divided Africa and created more problems for the country to unite
• Colonialism left severe ethnic division in countries such as South Africa and Zimbabwe
• Africa could have been different if colonialism did not exist