ThinkAfrica explainer What Was the Scramble for Africa? The Scramble for Africa was the late nineteenth-century rush by European powers to seize, partition, and govern African territory. Between roughly the 1880s and the early twentieth century, Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Spain expanded colonial control over most of the continent. The short answer […]
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An African claimed the battles of the “Scramble for Africa” were successful because Africans worshipped false gods. The fact though is that African countries didn’t lose wars because of false gods. If worshipping the Christian God won wars, New Kingdom Egyptian dynasties, Kushite empire, the Chola Chola dynasty, Persians and later Mongols would not have
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The role of African people is often overlooked in both the World Wars. At the time of the World Wars, Africa was split between the British, the Germans and the French, with all three countries colonizing large parts of the population. Naturally, Africa was dragged into both World Wars, though its role in helping win
