1. World History Complete Griot Presentations Scramble for Africa
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Scramble for Africa
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2. Warm Up
Based on what you know about Africa thus far how might you draw borders for countries? Consider geography, history, culture, etc.

4. THE “DARK” CONTINENT
“Dark Continent” – racist terminology referred to both the peoples of Africa and their alleged ignorance
In reality, Africa has always had diverse groups of people with their own unique cultures and histories
Civilizations
Languages
Religions
Possible anecdote: Review of African cultures and civilizations, such as Mansa Musa and Great Zimbabwe.

5. DAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873) Scottish missionary
– lived in central Africa
Explored Africa
Named Lake Victoria after the British queen
Converted many Africans to Christianity
Wrote books on Africa which piqued foreign interest
1871 – reported “lost”
“Found” by Henry Stanley
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

6. HENRY STANLEY (1841-1904) Welsh-American reporter
“Found” Dr. Livingstone in Africa
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
Explored Africa
Congo River
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Worked with Belgium’s King Leopold II and his African colonization company
International African Society

7. King Leopold
In the 1870s, the Belgian King Leopold sent emissaries to establish trade with native Africans in the Congo.
This single act began a flurry of imperialistic activity as the other nations of Europe, including: France, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Portugal, got involved

8. European Motives For Colonization European Nationalism Industrial
Source for
Raw
Materials
Industrial
Revolution
Missionary Activity
European
Motives
For Colonization
Markets for Finished Goods
Social Darwinism
Military & Naval Bases
European Racism
Humanitarian Reasons
“White Man’s Burden”

9. Berlin Conference –
To avoid conflict with one another in Africa, European leaders met in Berlin, Germany. With little regard or representation for native Africans, the European powers set about carving up Africa.

10. Berlin Conference (continued)
The following guidelines were set at the conference
Any sovereign power which wanted to claim any territory should inform the other powers “in order to ... make good any claim of their own.”

11. Berlin Conference (continued)
Treaties with African rulers were to be considered a valid title to sovereignty.
Any such annexation should be validated by effective occupation.

12. BRITISH COLONIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Bechuanaland (now Botswana)
Kenya
1888 – became a British protectorate
BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Along with France gained control of Egypt
Controlled Sudan

13. FRENCH IN AFRICA Madagascar Somaliland West Africa Parts of Sudan
Algeria
Tunis
Morocco
Madagascar
Somaliland
West Africa
Parts of Sudan

14. Others
Spain takes Western Sahara Portugal gets Angola and Mozambique Belgium controls Congo Italy controls small parts