Scramble for Africa
Also known as Partition of Africa, Conquest of Africa, Rape of Africa
1880s–1900s Western European colonisation of Africa
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The Scramble for Africa refers to the rapid colonization of the African continent by Western European powers between the 1880s and 1900s, in which countries like Britain, France, Germany, and Belgium competed to claim African territories and resources. It matters because this period of colonial division shaped modern African borders, economies, and societies in ways whose effects persist today.
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Areas of Africa controlled by Western European colonial empires in 1913, with current national boundaries superimposed Kingdom of Belgium
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