HIST1094 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: First Boer War, International African Association, Cecil Rhodes
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Any change to the order would be both ineffective (because going against nature) and dangerous (encouraging weakness). This changes in the last quarter of the century: reasons: some interests made money off it; competition with other powers; promoted national unity. The scramble for africa: scramble begins in 1876 when leopold ii of belgium founds international african. In 1885, leopold lays claim to the congo i(cid:374) the asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374)"s (cid:374)a(cid:373)e, a(cid:374)d the. French acquire part of the rest: this begins a chain reaction the british and french expanding their territory to protect their initial footholds (britain in egypt and nigeria, france in algeria and senegal), the. Ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)s taki(cid:374)g parts of afri(cid:272)a to (cid:862)(cid:272)at(cid:272)h up(cid:863: the berlin conference of 1884-1885 formalizes division of almost africa into colonial empires. Many of these borders exist to this day, despite having little to do with the actual african societies at the time.
