Title: Imperialism in Africa - History Crunch - History Articles, Summaries, Biographies, Resources and More
Headings: IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
WHAT IS IMPERIALISM?
EARLY EUROPEAN EXPLORATION IN AFRICA
SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
IMPACTS OF IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
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Content: For example, Europeans carried out these expeditions along African rivers and known trading routes as a way of exploring central Africa and learning more about the continent. Some of the most famous of these explorers were David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. Regardless, European interest in Africa continued to grow and eventually resulted in the Scramble for Africa.​
SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
The ‘Scramble for Africa’ is the term that historians use to refer to the expansion of European empires into Africa. It is referred to as a ‘scramble’ due to the way in which the European nations raced to capture territory to expand to their empires. The Scramble for Africa is considered to have occurred from approximately 1870 until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. During these years, almost all of Africa came under the control of the major European powers, including: Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain. There are several main causes to the Scramble for Africa, including: European competition, ethnocentrism, the spread of Christianity and new innovations.​
The Scramble for Africa unfolded as a series of major events that eventually saw the African continent colonized and then divided by the major European powers. These events include: