to establish the boundaries between colonial powers.
Because a lot of the countries were created by the colonial powers that came to Africa, and this is how they divided some of the areas of Africa.
The United Kingdom and France were the primary colonial powers in Africa south fo the Sahara. Belgium also had a substantial footprint there with its holdings in the Congo.
Africa was divided up by the European colonial powers, with little concern for ethnic divisions or African tribal traditions.
The features of Africa colonial economy is that most of the countries inherited the structures from the colonialists.
Africa experienced violence before, during and after European colonial powers ruled. So, no.
Africa of course, as it is the least developed region in the world.
The scramble for Africa
The English, the French, and the Dutch, although none of Africa is currently colonized.
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.
It is the view that the Colonial powers left Africa without a firm plan of what they could become. So they were intellectually adrift and when struggles arose between the ethnic groups and nations, the former Colonial powers did not intervene.
Rushing to secure colonial territories of their own throughout Africa ( Apex 2021)
Because a lot of the countries were created by the colonial powers that came to Africa, and this is how they divided some of the areas of Africa.
The United Kingdom and France were the primary colonial powers in Africa south fo the Sahara. Belgium also had a substantial footprint there with its holdings in the Congo.
The Europeans exploited Africa's land and people.
The main colonial languages spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa are English, French, Portuguese, and to a lesser extent, Spanish and German. These languages were introduced by European powers during the colonial period and continue to be widely spoken and used as official languages in many countries throughout the region.