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Scramble for Africa

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the Scramble for Africa

(historical) The proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territories during the New Imperialist period between 1881 and 1914.

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Thomas Pakenham, p. 481 The Scramble for Africa, ISBN 0-349-10449-2 The remaining three brigades were Italian units under Brigadiers Dabormida, Ellena and Arimondi. Source: Internet

It was not until the 19th century, when European powers sought to carve up the African continent between them in the so-called " Scramble for Africa ", that Europeans Germany and Great Britain in the forefront became interested in Namibia. Source: Internet

In the "Scramble for Africa", the boast was having the Union Jack flying from "Cairo to Cape Town." Source: Internet

ISBN 0-393-05903-0 *Pakenham, Thomas: The Scramble for Africa. Source: Internet

It would not be long before the Scramble for Africa and European colonial interests set their eyes on the marginal Turkish provinces of Libya. Source: Internet

The Scramble for Africa, p. 568 (1991). Source: Internet

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