Colonization of Africa

Colonization of Africa

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the Colonization of Africa in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on Colonization of Africa and its relation with European Union. The research also analyzes many aspects of the Colonization and tries to gauge its effect on Africa and rest of the world.

Colonization of Africa

Colonization of West Africa

In the nineteenth century, the capitalism and the industrial revolution settled in Europe and needed to expand in search of regions that provided raw materials and markets. Colonialism appeared as a doctrine of development. The empires of the modern age not only exploited the land, but also sought to establish them definitively, to become part of the crown. However, the empires of the industrial revolution meant only to exploit the territory. It involves taking raw, undeveloped regions and export finished products to these same regions, with a much higher value. Of course, there was no capital in these regions to buy. Therefore, undeveloped regions remain underdeveloped.

Importance of colonization for European nations

Among European countries, the race for dominance began in Africa and the world. This race had its expression in the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, in which European countries divided Africa. Africa was a virtually unknown territory. Its exploration would be quite an adventure for geographical discovery. In the Congo River, there would be a strong competition between Belgium and France for control of the way inside. Livingstone, Stanley and Brazza Savorgnan of the browsers released this river to the western world.

England claimed the southern part of the territory. Portugal asserted their rights in the continent, as it had old factories on the shores of Angola. Even Spain attempted penetration in land from the coast of Guinea. Germany secured the western part of the territory in the Berlin Conference of 1884, which established freedom of navigation on the rivers of Africa.

Impact on the African people

Around 1904, virtually all of Africa had been divided and subjected to European colonial rule, except for some limited areas that were incorporated into its dominion over the early years of the twentieth century. Only two independent African states were Ethiopia, and the Republic of Liberia. The colonial domination of European imperialism was manifested in all aspects and activities, in Africa, which was incorporated into European dependency systems. In three planes, European action could be placed on the African colonies; politics, the ...