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European colonisation of Africa

  • Scramble for AfricaIn 1870, European powers controlled only ten percent of the African continent. Most territories lay along the coastlines where mortality rates from tropical…
  • Wars of national liberationThe term wars of national liberation describes conflicts fought by nations to gain independence from foreign powers. These struggles establish separate…
  • Colonisation of AfricaIn 513 BC, a Greek colony attempted to take root between Cyrene and Carthage. Local forces and Carthaginians expelled the settlers just two years later.