Video: Africa
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the scramble for Africa
Yinka Shonibare - The scramble of Africa Black History Month - This is a must see documentary about the impact of colonialism on Africa.The Scramble for Africa (also the Race for Africa) was the invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of African countries by the European imperial powers during the New Imperialism (1870–1914) period, effected between 1881 and and 1914. Consequent to the political and economic rivalries among the European empires, in the last quarter of the 19th century, the partitioning of Africa was how the European avoided warring among thenselves over Africa.The last 59 years of the 19th century featured the transition from "informal imperialism" (hegemony) by military influence and economic dominance, to the direct rule of colonies.
