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How did the scramble for Africa impact Europe and Africa

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The 'Scramble for Africa' – the artificial drawing of African political boundaries among European powers in the end of the 19th century – led to the partitioning of several ethnicities across newly created African states. ... Despite their arbitrariness these boundaries endured after African independence.

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The Scramble for Africa, also known as the Race for Africa or Partition of Africa was a process of invasion, occupation, colonization and annexation of African territory byEuropean powers during the New Imperialism period, between 1881 and World War I in 1914.

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ountries wanted land so they could harvest the resources, increase trade, and gain power. The European colonization of Africa brought racism, civil unrest, and insatiable greed; all of which have had lasting impacts on Africa.

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