Title: Colonialism in Africa
Headings: Colonialism in Africa
Colonialism in Africa
OVERVIEW OF COLONIALISM
Patterns of European Expansion
The Colonial Order
Impact of Colonialism on African Societies
BELGIUM
The Congo Free State
The Belgian Congo
Ruanda-Urundi
GREAT BRITAIN
West Africa
East Africa
Central and Southern Africa
North Africa
FRANCE
North Africa
West and Central Africa
The Southern Sahara
East Africa
GERMANY
ITALY
PORTUGAL
SPAIN

Content: But other parts of Western culture have not taken root as firmly. The impact of colonialism varied somewhat with each European power. Moreover, some governments used various approaches from one colony to the next. The handful of European nations that dominated Africa—Belgium, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain —developed different sets of policies for their colonial possessions. BELGIUM
In some ways, Belgium became a colonial power by accident. Unlike Britain, France, and Spain, it had no history of conquest and colonization in the Americas or in Asia. The nation's involvement in Africa came about because of the actions of one individual—King Leopold II of Belgium. The Congo Free State
In the late 1870s King Leopold hired British adventurer Henry Morton STANLEY to obtain territory for him in Africa. Experienced in exploring central Africa, Stanley traveled to the Congo region and made treaties on Leopold's behalf with a number of local chiefs. When European powers agreed on plans for colonizing Africa at the Berlin Conference, Leopold received control of an area around the Congo River basin.