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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... protectorate . The protectorate idea was , in any case , alien to the French administrative tradition . It was simply used to pay lip service to the republican ideology , which involved the right of national self- determination by all ...
... protectorate treaties in the Niger region . However , in Britain , as elsewhere in the world , the official mills grind slowly . It was not until 16 May 1884 that Hewett was provided with the blank protectorate treaties . He set to work ...
... protectorate . THE PROTECTORATE On 24 March 1912 the French envoy to Tangier arrived in Fez to present a protectorate treaty to the sultan . After a few days of complicated discus- sions , Mulay Hafid , the former rival sultan who had ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |