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Economic Factors that led to the Scramble and Partition of Africa

A map of colonial Africa

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Scramble and Partition of Africa:Economic Factors that led to the Scramble and Partition for Africa

New industrialists needed raw materials for their industries which were readily available in Africa
The raw materials included rubber, timber, gold, cotton among others
The discovery of […]

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Colonial Africa

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Scramble and Partition of Africa:Political and Social factors that led to the scramble for Africa

Nationalism or patriotism was an important political factor that led to the colonization of Africa.
Nationalism can simply be defined as the placing of one’s country above others
France had […]

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A map of Africa before partition

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Scramble and Partition of Africa:Conditions in Africa that led to colonisation

Explorers and adventurers had produced reports of economic potential in Africa invited many European countries to rush to acquire colonies
Traders operating in Africa called upon their mother governments to […]

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Otto von Bismarck. Image credit famouspeople.com

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Scramble and Partition of Africa:The Berlin Conference

The Berlin colonial conference took place from 1884-1885
This is not to be confused with the Congress of Berlin(1878) or the Postdam conference of 1945
It was called for by the German […]

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Berlin Conference 1884

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Scramble and Partition of Africa:Effects of the Berlin Conference

Negative Effects

It partitioned/divided Africa among European nations.
90 % of African countries lost their independence to European nations. Liberia and Ethiopia remained free
It led to the suffering of Africans as they were abused by colonial […]

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