A Brief History of The Scramble For Africa
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
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Africa:exists*
Europe: It's free real estates
Both the best and worst thing to happen to the continent!
@MEUGA not NEARLY as much as the europeans.
@MEUGA let me spell it right to you:
" so WHAT ABOUT the muslims baddies who did much worse than us to the africans ?"
@MEUGA really? Did you know Europeans, even on the smallest estimations, enslaved more africans than the muslims?
They would be comparable if it stopped there, but it doesn't. Wars, subjugation of the african culture, mass genocides, fucked up borders that lead african countries to neverending wars and civil wars TO THIS DAY, etc.
They both did messed up things, I agree with that, and I'm by no means defending what the muslims did, but trying to compare the damage both parties have done to the continent is just a joke.
@@bellatorixrex 1st: I couldn't care less about who started it, the issue here is who enslaved more.
2nd: I would really appreciate if you could source your claim that muslims killed 120 million africans.
3rd: For real now, I literaly couldn't find ANYTHING on this "Zinjj genocide". Was it a typo or a VERY unknown way to refer to something? If It did happen, again, sources would be very much aprecietted.
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i will. and i will hate it.
OH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
You know
The situation with Leopold II was absolutely horrible.
Thanks be to almighty GOD, Africa is free from the colonialists but Palestine are Not free, that is what is boggling my mind
Him: *calls the Sahara the largest desert*
Antarctica: allow me to introduce ourselves
You are 100% correct Sir. Most people are ill informed when descrbing a desert. They think of sand. As we both know a desert is an area of deserted wasteland for want of a better word for example. Wether that is sand, snow & ice or stone. Antarctica is by FAR the World's largest desert as Australia is by far the World's largest island but people don't acknowledge this calling it a country/continent even though it is all 3 + a large chunk of it desert too :-D. Ah well. We must keep our chins up lol. Like how they got the British flag wrong at 6:08. We stopped using that design in 1801 when Ireland became part of the UK. Oooppps ;-).
Also the world map we use is so incorrect to scale. Greenland for example is roughly 1/4 the size of Australia in real life not larger! & Russia appears larger than Africa on our most used maps & it is roughly 1/2 the size. There is a map, I apologise I forgot the name that is ACTUALLY to scale but it looks rather squished. European & USA cartographers made it this way with blotted ego's :-D
@@egypt-rn4358 Uh....what?
@@egypt-rn4358 What's the joke?
@Bernadette Murphy It's some weird cultist zealot randomly irrelevantly preaching into random conversations.
Wow, Liberia is the only place in Africa where my aunt can accidentally call Africans "African Americans" out of habit, without being wrong
Shouldn't it be " American Africans"?
I mean their a couple generations removed now
@@Argos-xb8ek African Americans are still called "African Americans".
I read somewhere that in Liberia, they actually do still have a meaningful distinction between African American Africans (or whatever they call them again) and African Africans. The African American Africans are seen as sort of colonial rulers, like the whites in South Africa, or at least they used to be that historically to some degree
Natives call them Americo-liberians.
@A Hm. Isn't it that at least historically, African-American Liberians have basically ruled the country in an Apartheid way? Obviously that doesn't justify them now apparently being treated worse, but that is historically correct, right?
i like the age of mythology background sound
Prostagma?
@@Antonio_GV82 proshi sheh
@@JaredKaiser24 I swear I have all the Greek, Egyptian and Norse phrases permanently ingrained forever since childhood thanks to that game lol (below: approximations :p )
''Is voli"
"arrrthrouse"
''yerrrbig''
''Eeyurairerrafta'
''Tilpuen''
''Scccheepan!"
"Ennnwedge"
"Antio"
Memories... still have AoM (but it won't work :( )
ThePalaeontologist same here! Its ingrained on my mind too, i wished i could high five you right now 🙏🏻
@@JaredKaiser24 lol high five
6:41 my stomach churns every time i hear that name
Exactly, it's a shame how little people know of Leopold II and his atrocities.
If you would do actual research on the subject you'd find that most atrocities were committed by Congo natives and not by Belgians who actually put an end to them. The video doesn't mention this for whatever reason, just as it doesn't mention that the African slaves taken to the Americas were *purchased* from West African kingdoms, and not enslaved by the European-Americans merchants. They were enslaved by other Africans and sold indiscriminately to any slave merchants, European or not.
@@decem_sagittae If the trade didn't exist the slaves wouldn't have been enslaved so it's still due to that.
Edit:
The atrocities such as amputation of arms were conducted when rubber harvest quotas weren't met. The Belgian government did put a stop to it but by then millions of Congolese had died.
I don't know why so many revisionists on RUclips try to shift blame to Africans for issues caused by their ancestors. It's shocking and has an air of nationalism and supremacy to it.
@@atomisedman6235 Are you claiming that the Africans did not practice slavery or had a slave trade of their own before European contact? Next you're gonna say that Muslims didn't practice slavery either (which they did until the 20th century). The atrocities were almost exclusively committed by native Congolese working for the Belgian administration who abused their power and many of them chopped off hands of entire villages to get promoted. Until the Belgian authorities figured out what was happening and put an end to it. Throwing buzzwords around won't help your cause when you're the one who obfuscates facts to fit your biased ideological views and narrative. I for one am not that petty and don't care for politics. I'm only interested in the truth. So say what you will, historical reality won't change because it hurts your feelings.
Yup, Belgium. Ghastly word.
Pre-colonial African states are just so underrated
@@casio6651 what do you mean?
@@emilianotanc4126 good luck win a war when you fight someone that shoot from 500m
@@emilianotanc4126 no the europeans got lucky kind of because african empires like songhai, kongo and others were highly weakened by the 1890s. Remember that europeans were in contact with them since the 1500s but still didn't conquer them and the africans also won a couple of wars against the europeans. But it was also because europeans generally had superior weapons by the 1890s when the scramble for Africa began
@@casio6651 search mansa mosa, the emperor of mali
@@hxyzazolchak Yeah, Europeans were so lucky that Africans didn't know what wheels are in many places. So lucky that they didn't bother to domesticate Zebras and such.
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Africa: *exists*
All the other countries: don’t be shy take some more
German Togo Colony: Am I a joke to you?
Lomè prettiest little city
French an british togo colony you mean
it was german before french and british take it during ww1@@l.f.c9973
That was the first or Second Reich, right?
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The Italians in Africa were hilariously inept
Forgot to mention how shitty things went in Liberia. Many Africans died and the success rate was horrible.
@SpadesGuy That was white people forcing them to go back. However they lost all immunity to the diseases in Africa and so many died. Don't be racist pal
Not to mention many of the Native Liberia’s themselves had been enslaved by Africans coming from the America’s.
@SpadesGuy fuck you you racist piece of shit
@@jacobbaker4695 Yeah its just another unfortunate moment in history but not really surprising. Once given power people are often very quick to force their will on others.
Right
Long life to Ethiopia
😊😊😊😊😊
You don't have to say that. Ethiopia already has a long life and will probably live even longer.
It got conquerored during WWII
@@Anonymous-cm8jy yes
Somalia
How to colonize a territory:
- Eng, Fr, Neth, Bel:
Erase the locals or confine them to reserves, repopulate with your own people, build factories and plantations, get some slaves to work in them, enrich the whites through trade and exploitation of resources, turn it into a puppet/failed state, never totally leave.
- Rome, Greece, Spain:
Conquer the land by war and agreements, alphabetize and convert the locals, make them your own citizens, build universities, temples and cities, enrich the whites and the locals through trade and exploitation of resources, get looted by your enemies, collapse.
- Portugal:
Lets do both!
THANK YOU for providing a thorough, informative video not weighed down with pandering humor or reference to modern culture. Nice that someone acknowledges there are adults who don’t want diversions while learning something.
I think you’re referring to the channel “weird history”. It was funny at first but rapidly got annoying and cringy. We’re not 8 year olds who want to constantly laugh.
There was a funny Minecraft reference
There was also the time when there was interest in searching for the source of the Nile. This included exploration by John Hanning Speke and Ricard Burton. Need to also mention that Speke was the first European to see Lake Victoria and claimed it as the source of the Nile. This was later confirmed by Henry Morton Stanley. There is also Portuguese influence on the East Coast of Africa . There was also slavery involved on the East Coast of Africa and that the Island of Zanzibar was used as port for this as well as trading for products related to Spices, such as cloves. Speke and Burton, as well as Stanley used Zanzibar to get to inland Africa for their expeditions into the mainland. Also there were Indians there long before the Europeans arrived. The Indians were there for the purpose of trading alongside the Arabs (on the East Coast. In fact one Indian man actually guided the famous Portuguese explorer, Vasco De Gama to India.
Hi. thanks for this information. this really helped me for school as i am a student who is still studying. i was able to use this as study notes. thanks a lot 😃
@@SanamSingh-kp6vi no problem.
Lots of slavery, Lots and lots of slavery
This is actually a good 'brief history' type of videos, i commend you for your content of high quality +1sub
Watching this for AS History! Handy vid, thanks!
I like the Age of Mythology music
me too!
I guess without AoE/AoM not even half of us would have gotten here...
Kudos to you for not ignoring or treating the Boer republics as historical footnotes. I would've preferred that you said more about the Boer treaties with the Zulu, and the Brittish concentration camps for the Boers, but then again, I understand your need to be concise.
I made a more indeoth video on the boer wars already I also wanted to keep this brief :) Thanks for watching
What about the German concentration camps in Namibia? The precursor to World War II
@@user-te3qm5mv6r My understanding is that is 20th century history. The Herero genocide started somewhere from 1904 or something. Pity how few people recognise the Darwinian roots of this line of thinking. You can trace this back through German academia all the way back to Dareins book "the descent of man"
Thank you for that reference, I may be able to find it online if its that old. @@Hannodb1961
The situation in Namibia shiuld have been a wake up call for us.
a grate store many historian don't mention Ethiopia and you did so good job
The sun never sets intensifies
The sun never set because God wouldn't trust the English in the dark.
@@ruairioceallaigh8882 lol
Big ups to Ethiopia hope they recognize there position and stay unified against everything
Spain also participated in the scramble of Africa. They obtuvated the north and south of Moroco, the west Sahara and ecuatorial guinee
Wondering how much of that is the shoe being on the other foot for *700* years of conquest by people from that area.
Western Sahara 🇪🇭 was never part of mrococo kingdom but west Algeria 🇩🇿 was now free Western Sahara 🇪🇭
Very nice, I'm looking forward to the crusades next :D
Nice video dude! The youtube history market is a cramped market but your sure to blow up soon. All it takes is one video to do particularly well and you'll be flying. Best of luck.
That is a really nice and encouraging post!
Humans: exists*
Mediterranean: let's play
Earth: nooooo!
Every time you upload it's guaranteed to be good quality, so even if I know about the topic already I can always learn something new from your videos so I always watch them
Thanks for watching :)
The italians are a special bunch :')
Yep
Ramin Tahouri
Caesar: promises protection from Germans
Also Caesar: kills and enslaved over 2 million Gauls
Divus Gaius Julius Caesar to be fair though, the Gauls kept revolting for their freedom from Roman rule and the Gauls were not united on the matter of Roman rule. Order>Chaos
Chauntel Shannon lmao! Savage! Hahahaha
Yes sir
What if you
wanted to colonize Abyssinia
but Menelik II said
"Eh Yeah, No"
The sad thing is this man doesn't get the respect he owns in ethiopia .. they make sure his name doesn't live above ... hopefully Ethiopians wake up n give him recognition he deserves
@@rediettadesse2828 yup. Sad to see foreigners appreciating our history more than we do ourselves smh
But Mussolini replied: "Anyways, you guys like mustard?"
It was nice watching this video after watching one about exploration of a particular place. I'm looking forward to then watching a look at a specific place conquered (Algeria by France) after this one. I am definitely liking how the videos on the playlist were organized! :) Have a wonderful weekend!
@@islamisthetruth3402 Berbers in modern-day Algeria would've put up a good fight, but inevitability they'd still be outmatched militarily by the French conquerers.
@@islamisthetruth3402 from 1830, the French army faced 25 years of continuous resistance from Algerian and Berber rebels. And they gradually defeated them and sent their chief into exile
Just imagining how nice it would if we all were using the continuous form and expressing ourselves continuously never letting ourselves any flagging or faltering and we are never giving up in our unfailing enthusiasm for gathering knowledge and wisdom, memory and intelligence.
This is an excellent summary. Thanks a lot! I'd like to use it in the class I'm teaching as a little background to the novel "The Power of One". As my students aren't native English speakers, they'll rely heavily on the subtitles, which I've noticed have a few errors. Would it be possible for you to fix these, or is there a way I can do it myself?
You, sir, are incredibly well spoken, a rare sight on the Internet
whos here from school work
Me 😂
6 nations? I counted 7: Belgium, France, Italy, England, Germany, Spain and Portugal
The Netherlands and Denmark also had colonies in Africa but they sold them to the British
@@javierperalta7648 really? Which? That's interesting
@@uyilol4557 They both had colonies in the Gold Coast (Ghana), and the Netherlands also had colonies in South Africa
@@javierperalta7648 Wow I know about the Netherlands and South Africa etc. But I never thought about Denmark. Interesting
I’m here just for homework…. 😢
remember to return once every year of your life for good measure.
😂😂yepppp me tooo
btw the correct pronunciation for "Boer" is boo and a cat going prrr but just the one "R"
Great video by the way really helped me with my exam, thank you so much.
Boer: *is pronounced as the English 'boor' *
VC3 productions: *BOAR*
Egyptian:were protected by the ottomans you wont do shit
Britain:am about to end this mans hole career
I’m too lazy to get up and read my notes for a test tomorrow so now we’re here
Great video. Only video that actually helped me understand the scramble for Africa without making me confused.
Read the book by that name its much better (longer) than this video
Very interesting, thank you for making this video. I learned so much.
Our teacher: gives us this video to learn the history and answer questions
Me: Looks at the comments throughout most of the video looking for memes.
10 min 33 sec later: Me: wait where did the comments go? I was in the middle of reading one
Ya me too. I have test and watching it.
I'm sorry but ethiopian Emperor made a brilliant move, I mean, sell territory in order to catch up technologically with their enemy, and then using that same technology to retake the lost territory? Wow, respect
For Africa to develop we need to squash these borders
“There were several European explorers who … explored the continent” 😂
You have not mentioned Togo as a German colony. But still a very good video!
Germany also held Togoland next to the Gold Coast today’s Ghana. Strange that Liberia never developed into anything worthwhile.
and Portuguese had Guine Bissau
lmfao i like the Minecraft diamond reference 9:10
This is excellent summary and I really appreciate you history was my favorite subject
The Sahara the largest desert in the world
Antarctica: am I a joke to you?
thank you so much this helped me so much
I wish quality videos like this went that slight extra step and edited the narration
On a side note, that background tune... from Age of Mythology, really brought back some childhood memories in a very different way.
My teacher sent this to me for homework (cause of corona).
Im looking through the comments..
same lol
Are you on your parents acc? Lol
Lol same. Corona really changed everything
@@cityheron7106 lol
Not to be "that guy" but the largest desert is Antarctica. A desert is a region so arid because of little rainfall. It doesn't say it has to be hot. Antarctica gets little to no precipitation, making the Sahara the second largest desert.
Cecil John Rhodes was the person who wanted to establish the Cape to Cairo railway line but it never came about.
And the sorrow continues.
But weep not Africa for soon we shall sit down and divide Europe.
I bet you will...
Thanks for the quick explaination.
using Age of Empires music as your background is wholesome
The Sudanese forces Vs the gunships and machine guns was a reponse by the British as the Sudanese gained a large following and killed the British general at the time Charles Gordon, occupier of China. Also, on another battle I forgot, but another English general died in a decisive victory to the mahadist
the most hypocrite and unfair thing ever in history was having Belgium and Germany involved in Africa, when both never made any effort to even sail over there.
Africa will never forget about this
other places exist
europe:its a big pog bois
oh my god thank you so much bruh this was so helpful
Really
It's the richest continent, not only for etnic components, but for culture, science, traditional technologies...and history
but you needed Europeans to make you aware of such things.
I’m learning for a test tomorrow
You forgot to mention that Togo was a German colony too. It isn't even depicted on the map.
He also forgot to mention cameroon.. 💁🏻♂️😄
Tobi Selig But Cameroon was at least on the map.
@@pilum3705 I know.. but still ;)
Congo:exists
Leopold: now that is a pro gamer move
at 0:50 you say the sahara is the largest desert in the world, although an extreme nitpick, desert means almost no precipitation (rain, hail, snow), therefore antarctica is the largest desert since it has next to no precipitation at all.
big brain moment 🦾
Appreciate the AoE 2 music fam
Loving this one thank's for sharing very important information giving blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪
To what extent did the Ottoman Empire speed up European colonization in North Africa?any one to help answer the question?
In 1830 Alsace Lorraine was part of France. It was German between 1870-1918 and 1940-1945
age of mythology music? :D nice
You used the Prussian Flag/ Second Reich hybrid flag for the Second Reich and the Pre 1801 flag for the UK (aka the 1707 British Flag). Neither of witch were relevant at the time. Naughty Naughty. Other than that, good video.
Grimm Fandango I don’t understand what you mean about the German flag. Sure the official flag was the one without the Iron Cross, but this was still a flag of the German Realm no?
@@TheLocalLt It wasn't the German State's Flag. www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de1871.html
Using the Prussian Cross in the mid 1800s would have been provocative to the rest if Germany, especially Bavaria. They were trying to form a Unified German national culture.
Wait wait, this music is from Age of Empires right?? Nice !
GHANA 🇬🇭 is blessed and can develop massively despite setbacks from colonialism
no one asked
@@LfcXfootball I asked
9:12 the Minecraft diamonds in the background
Correction: the Sahara is the second largest dessert. The largest is Antarctica
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Dessert? You mean “ afters “ !
And yet Togoland was never mentioned to be part of Germany :(
*whispering* THEY NEVER GOT ETHIOPIA
Whispering - EXCEPT FOR A BRIEF PERIOD UNDER MUSSOLINI'S ITALY.
@@logandeutschmann they won the war but not the battle they occupied us for a couple years and with the help of the brits and Portuguese we kicked them out of the failed occupation this is one reason mouslini lost ww2
@@logandeutschmann That’s like saying the US ruled over Japan after WWII.
@@collectiveconsciousness5314 They kind of did (and still do). Have you seen a map of U.S. military bases/ troop placement in Japan?
@@logandeutschmann Yea they have military bases in the country which counts as occupation, but it isn’t colonialism either way because the US isn’t running their government.
good work
I’ve always loved 19th century history. So interesting to see countries at the height of their power and countries who are now great but once were insignificant.
Also you can see what the Africans had achieved in the development of their continent over 1800 years, leaving everything in the ground and producing people for their Bit-coins of the day.
Slave-trade was their way of life - did any of them ever give a thought as to how to actually pay
some poor ignorant ass for doing the work they had told them to do?
Until the day it became “ muscle power “ when the younger decided he’d had enough…So much for progress, Pygmy progress sweet fuck all…
And then one day along came Doctor Livingstone…
Africa should herald his existence as their patron saint!
Do they? Ha! Big joke! Do they hell!
Instead, they got the history of one hundred years of history of democracy in Liberia…horrible reading…worse than mafia gang warfare in the US.
What is the political economical and social effects of it ??
Please I want the answer as soon as possible
what progam does he used i want to know, its for a project of school
What app you use to do this animated video/documentary ?
had to watch this for an assignment 💔
thank fo your ideas about the fighting and divided of africa continent
Makes sense, but with such a range of resources and with the colonization of European countries, why has there been no significant advancement in ALL countries of Africa? Or am i delusional?
You forgot Togoland was German colony in 1914.
What great enlightenment!!
The Main Driving Force Behind European Imperialism In Africa
Has it ever come to your mind what the main Driving Force was behind the European colonization of Africa? Well, the way I see it, the main driving force was the political competition between European countries at the time. The reason for that claim is VERY visible if you just take into account the disputes between the countries of the European continent and the (at the time) widespread agreement that more colonies made the country more powerful.
To begin with, almost the entire continent of Europe was trying to colonize and further their “power” to become better than the other countries. Just before the partitioning of Africa, mass industrialization took place in Europe. Eventually, a meeting/conference was held in Berlin Germany from 1884 to 1885 with all of the European leaders which led to each country getting a section of Africa. A good example would be when the text states, “Still, as late as 1870 only 10% of Africa was under European control, and most of that was along the edges - French Algeria, British Sierra Leone, Portuguese Angola.” This shows that multiple different countries were trying to colonize Africa to further spread their controlled territory. This is all important to note because it is a clear showcase of their intentions for colonizing Africa.
In addition to all of that, the whole thing was nicknamed “The race to seize African colonies”, further hinting at a competitive drive playing a big role in it. This can be further proven when the text states, “Otto von Bismarck of Germany proposed that a conference be held in Berlin in 1884 and 1885 to divide up Africa in a reasonable and peaceful manner. No Africans were invited to attend.” This displays a lack of acknowledgement towards what would be better for the Africans, and more of what would be more beneficial towards each country; this makes it very likely that the Europeans were only doing it for their own countries' gain.
It is valid to acknowledge that the text specifies the European countries wanted to partition Africa in a “-Reasonable and Peaceful manner”. However, later on in time it would prove that this was not the case whatsoever. This can be confirmed by an excerpt from a German book written by Freidrich Fabri in 1879, as the excerpt states, “...It would be wise if we Germans would learn about colonial skills from our Anglo-Saxon [British] cousins and would begin-in a friendly competition-to strive after them.-” This showcases that the Germans had the full intention of becoming better than the other countries. So now the idea that the Europeans weren’t trying to overcome the other countries can be ruled out.
All of this leads to the answer to the question, it was absolutely Political Competition that was the main driving force behind European imperialism in Africa. Between the common perception at the time that more colonies equaled a more powerful country, and the fact that Germany near openly displayed the desire to become #1 In Europe again, it is pretty clear that a BIG part of the colonization was competitive.
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That is not the correct flag of the United Kingdom (6:08) in 1884-1885.
These videos rarely mention that it was Arabs who started massive African slavery (with forced castration). It makes it look as if African slavery was an European idea. Similarly to how many colonization techniques used by Iberians in the New World were Muslim techniques of conquest and torture copied. So thank you for at least mentioning it.
@@DirtyEdon The European colonization is the part everyone knows about. I wanted to see if the previous history would make it into the video too and I'm glad it was mentioned, even if not discussed in detail. I'm just worried because many ignorant people hold the view that Europe invented slavery as an institution and that is misinformation.
@@neochris2 no one believes Europeans invented slavery but European slavery is the only slavery which still directly effects millions of people lives today. Plus Europeans slavery was the most fucked up in history due to the fact it was hereditary so passed down from generations to generations, plus it was purely based on race something no other slavery in history had done. If black American slavery wasn't based on "race" black Americans wouldn't be as poor as they are today. Within a generation they would have been able to recover. The element of "race" made sure that even if they were free they were going to be discriminated for the rest of their life and made it almost impossible for them to be able to gain access to equal opportunities as whites.
Imagine pointing the finger at other people as to not feel guilty for the crimes of your ancestors. Pathetic
@@neochris2 No one believes europe invented slavery, but know the colonialists as the most notorious slavers.
@@thrawnprotocol9780 Exactly. Which is wrong since Arabs are still doing it and were doing it before. Yet no one says a thing about them.
Very good video enjoyed it
I really like the Age Of Mythology music
excellent with the AOE music❤
super helpful thanks :)
9:13 the diamonds lmaooo
Mix of diamonds and gold maybe🤣