Title: West Africa Imperialism - Africa
Headings: Imperialism in West Africa
Imperialism in West Africa
Content: West Africa Imperialism - Africa





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Imperialism in West Africa
In West Africa, imperialism has played a negative effect on the countries of the region. Imperialism is when a country wants to expand to gain power through quantity of land mass. France was the country that took over West Africa. Before France arrived in West Africa, there were multiple large organized empires. Then when France left the region, they left it without any form of central government. This led to corrupt and abusive governments which followed no regulations. The corruption in the government was usually a leader that became a dictator and stayed in power for their life time. The government leader usually spent a great deal of money on himself, so he made giant debts that his country had to pay off. This led to a point where nobody was making money. The leaders also made the countries break out into civil wars.