How long did europe colonize africa? what were the dates? list the five top european colonizers in africa?

The 1880s mark the beginning of the colonial period in African history. While

Europeans and Africans had established relationships in a variety of settings for

centuries, the 1880s mark a major turning point in European attitudes toward Africa.

Three primary developments explain increased European involvement in Africa. You

have explored these developments in previous material. Here, we will reconsider some

of this information and expand our understanding of the rationale for Europe’s

colonization of Africa. For decades, scholars have scoured through various historical

documentation attempting to find a definitive answer to the question posed above: Why

did Europe colonize Africa? We will find that in all probability there is no one definitive

answer to this question. Rather, we can presume that a combination of factors featured

prominently in the decision-making processes of those Europeans responsible for the

colonization of the continent. While one or two factors might have been dominant in

those decision-making processes, it would be unwise to discount other possible

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