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Why did the partition of Africa create artificial boundaries?

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Europeans ignored traditional boundaries when they carved out their colonies

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The main reason why the partition of Africa create artificial boundaries is because the colonial European powers practically randomly drew lines on a map in order to divide up territory--not taking into consideration the tribal boundaries and local affiliations of the native populations, which were incredibly diverse. 
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