Many effectively independent African states remained outside the area of direct European control: most would be conquered in the 1890s and the bulk of the remainder in the following decade. By 1914 only Ethiopia and Liberia remained apart from a newly-independent white settler-dominated South Africa and a short-lived state in northern Somalia (crushed by the British in 1920).
Berlin Conference
Africa.
During the Berlin Conference of 1805, European nations divvied up Africa and claimed their colonial holdings. This would lead to decades of economic and social oppression as European nations used African resources and people to make money.
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference was held in 1884 in Berlin. Fourteen European countries and the United States got together to plan the further exploitation of Africa.
It was the Conference of Berlin
Africa
Berlin Conference
Berlin Conference
Britin and France - apex
Britain and France.
Britain and France.
1884 - 1885. Goal was to divide up Africa between all the European nations except for Switzerland.
Britin and France - apex
Berlin Conference
the Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference saw the continent of Africa divided and parceled out to the different colonial countries. The Conference established colonial rule in Africa and led to the exploitation of African resources.