Title: Imperialism in Africa - Notes Read
Headings: Imperialism in Africa
Imperialism in Africa
Reasons
Politics and War
Religion and Ideology
Sharing Africa
Neocolonialism

Content: These carried products from the land while supplying weapons to Africans. In order to expand the territory, Europeans themselves allied themselves with tribes and participated in the wars between them. Thus, they guaranteed more land and powerful allies. See also: Imperialism and Colonialism
Religion and Ideology
The Christian religion reinforced the idea of ​​inferiority among those regions where polytheism was practiced. There, missionaries demonized customs and gods, and conquered minds as well. Racial theories, such as social Darwinism and the myth of the white man’s burden, underpinned the exploitation of Africa’s natural wealth. The argument was supported by the thesis that Africans were “barbarians” and needed the European’s contribution to achieve the same degree of civilization. See also: Rainha Vitória
Sharing Africa
The peak of imperialism would come in 1885, with the agreement sealed at the Berlin Conference , which guaranteed commercial freedom for all countries in certain areas.