To have more money in their civilization. In Africa it was also good for trading. They used trade to control Africa. So yes, but, they were at the time more interested in gold. They major thing now is diamonds.
There was no slavery in Africa before the Europeans got involved!
SonghiGhanaMali
It was much worse than slavery in the America's.
Mali , Ghana , and Benin.
Arabian and African societies were involved in slave trading in Africa before Europeans. Arab merchants conducted a significant portion of the trans-Saharan slave trade, while African kingdoms such as the Kingdom of Benin and the Kingdom of Dahomey participated in capturing and selling slaves.
Slavery in pre-colonial Africa was diverse and varied across different regions. In some societies, slaves were assimilated into the community and could rise to positions of power, while in others they were used for manual labor. Slavery was often a result of warfare, debt, or punishment, and slaves could be traded both within Africa and with neighboring regions.
Europeans wanted to form colonies in west Africa because it was a good trading spot
After the Europeans and Africans arrived Latin America changed by knowing the cultures of Africa and Europe. Meaning;they mixed all cultures from Afica and Europe and what they knew.
The Europeans took over all of the slaves and made the romans slaves and they were all stooped
In the 19th Century. Europe owned practically all of Africa then, but not all of these African possessions were conquered in an outright military way. In some cases the Europeans arrived as traders and explorers, and before long they were administrators.
Slavery existed in African trade long before europeans arrived
so that they could get animals to eat off and to get money when they trade
Between 1550 and 1650 AD Europeans were purchasing people in Africa to place in slave trade. To purchase humans from Africa the Europeans were trading products such as glass beads and iron bars.
Europeans established South African coastal cities as trading ports. This was especially common during the slave trade but was used for other commodities as well.
There were many reasons to the colonization of Africa. Europeans mainly saw it as an opportunity to gain power, wealth, resources, labor, trading partners, etc. as well as an an opportunity for exploration and spreading Christianity. Europeans were also experiencing an era of Social-Darwinism, where they believed Europeans were superior to all others and should thus dominate.
They explored Africa.