"The Scramble For Africa"

The term "Scramble for Africa" refers to a second colonisation which took place in Africa. During this period Africa saw the most dramatic colonisation. Africa has been divided as if it have been a cake between greedy Europeans leaders.This Scramble began in 1881. The main Europeans nations involved in this Scramble were France, Britain, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy. They were abkle to dominate Africa so easily because they have more guns. They are many reasons why this nations wanted to take over Africa. some of those reasons will be that they wanted to gaing power and prestige. They thoug that the more territory they had the more powerful and important they could become. Other reasons were that Africa was rich in natunal resourses. During this period they needed markets for theyr manufacture goods, "these could be sold in Africa for large profits". This Scramble affect the African people in the way that they were slaves. They were treated badly and were used as a trade known as slave trade.