ETHN 1022 Study Guide - Final Guide: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Africana Studies, Binary Opposition

• School: CU-Boulder
• Department: Ethnic Studies
• Course: ETHN 1022
• Professor: Jonah Holmes

Document Summary

Major thing that they did was split africa, because of africa"s resources. Fourteen countries were represented (located on the d2l slide) Of these fourteen nations france, germany, great britain, and portugal were the major players in the conference, controlling most of the colonial africa at the time. French west africa: engaging in colonization (mali, senegal, etc. ) Only countries that were not colonized was ethiopia and liberia. Points max: berlin conference (1884-85) was held by the european nations to scramble africa among themselves with the aid of diplomacy or by weapons. The conference had positive as well as negative effects. Almost 90% of the african continent came under the control of europeans. They were treated as inferiors and were forced to work as slaves for long hours. Economically, the imperialists had exploited the mineral resources of africa. Europeans understood that africa was rich in natural resources and they exploited the resources.