Berlin conference

The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885, also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz, pronounced [ˈkɔŋɡoˌkɔnfeˈʁɛnt͡s]) or West Africa Conference (Westafrika-Konferenz, pronounced [ˌvɛstˈʔaːfʁika ˌkɔnfeˈʁɛnt͡s]), regulated European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany. Its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, can be seen as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa, but some historians warn against an overemphasis of its role in the colonial partitioning of Africa, and extensibility justify the motives and …

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DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

South Africa to investigate spy cables leak+++Berlin conference anniversary on scramble and partition of Africa+++Hydro-electric project dries up parts of Kenya's River Tana


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Video detailing the following: South Africa to investigate spy cables leak, Berlin conference anniversary on scramble and partition of Africa, Hydro-electric project dries up parts of Kenya's River Tana


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The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies · 31 October 2014 English

Easmon’s service in the Allied Powers campaign in the Cameroons, it is important to examine the service of Sierra Leoneans in the British military in the century preceding the Great …

Articles 10 and 11 of the General Act of the Berlin Conference.139 Observance of the neutrality provisions


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The Africana Historic Postcard Collection has significant value for researchers and students working on sub-Saharan Africa’s colonial life and cultural history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition …

European powers met at the event called the Berlin Conference in 1884-85 to negotiate and formalize claims


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