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The Berlin Conference of 1884-85 was a conference that met to regulate colonization in Africa. It also met to regulate European trade on the continent. The outcome was the General Act of the Berlin Conference. This began a period of more colonial activity by Europeans by which they overtook the African countries.
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Africa was divided by the Europeans into spheres of influence.
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The city of Berlin, Germany was the site of the Berlin Conference from November, 1884 to February, 1885, during which European countries negotiated colonial boundaries and trade during the "Scramble for Africa" (New Imperialism) that began around 1880.
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.
At that early point in the history of colonial Africa most borders were based on geographical features, primarily rivers.
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to establish the boundaries between colonial powers.
The Berlin Conference was a meeting of European colonial powers (chiefly Britain, France, and Germany) to negotiate the division of colonial territories within the Congo and Niger regions of Africa.
Many of the borders established in this conference are still in existence today creating deadly conflicts amongst ethnic groups.