Question

What was The reasons why they were interested in colonizing Africa.

Answer 1

first: northern Africa was a former Christian religious, occupied by the Arabs therefore, there was a religious imperative to 'free' those zones also, they have tried more they once of getting the land so they really wanted it

Answer 2

European powers wanted to colonize africa cuz it had lots of resources and it also had free labor with the people that they could make their slaves