Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley's exploration of the Congo and Gordon's death in Khartoum are just two examples. |
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... west to east into the Grain , Ivory , Gold and Slave Coasts , after the most important products . For a long time , slaves were the chief West African export . To further that trade , the Portuguese , French , British , Dutch and other ...
... West Africa : Collected Essays ( London 1978 ) . The Story of Nigeria ( London 1962 ) . West Africa under Colonial Rule ( London 1968 ) . ed . , West African Resistance : The Military Response to Colonial Occupa- tion ( New York 1971 ) ...
... West Africa since 1800 ( New York 1977 ) . Jones , G.I. , The Trading States of the Oil Rivers : A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria ( London 1963 ) . Kanya - Forstner , A.S. , The Conquest of the Western Sudan : A Study ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |