A Brief History of The Scramble For Africa

This is a Collaboration with 26 other History Channels. Project Africa takes a look at the History of Africa. This video talks about the European Scramble and Partition of Africa.
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[@neerajvishwanath3179]

Africa:exists* Europe: It's free real estates

[@stevencooper4422]

Both the best and worst thing to happen to the continent!

[@orions2908]

@MEUGA not NEARLY as much as the europeans.

[@appleslover]

@MEUGA let me spell it right to you: " so WHAT ABOUT the muslims baddies who did much worse than us to the africans ?"

[@orions2908]

@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.

[@orions2908]

@@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.

[@adamcarter5254]

Scroll down to see the inevitable overused free real estate joke

[@JettJamesGD]

i will. and i will hate it.

[@sk-wq3dd]

OH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@fullmetaltheorist]

You know

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

The situation with Leopold II was absolutely horrible.

[@cheydinal5401]

Wow, Liberia is the only place in Africa where my aunt can accidentally call Africans "African Americans" out of habit, without being wrong

[@NoName-sz5lu]

Shouldn't it be " American Africans"?

[@Argos-xb8ek]

I mean their a couple generations removed now

[@cheydinal5401]

@@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

[@DarthVantos]

Natives call them Americo-liberians.

[@cheydinal5401]

@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?

[@juliu_2260]

Him: *calls the Sahara the largest desert* Antarctica: allow me to introduce ourselves

[@mattylee7620]

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 ;-).

[@mattylee7620]

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

[@ericbrown4297]

@@egypt-rn4358 Uh....what?

[@abbyalphonse499]

@@egypt-rn4358 What's the joke?

[@abbyalphonse499]

@Bernadette Murphy It's some weird cultist zealot randomly irrelevantly preaching into random conversations.

[@JaredKaiser24]

i like the age of mythology background sound

[@Antonio_GV82]

Prostagma?

[@JaredKaiser24]

@@Antonio_GV82 proshi sheh

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@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 :( )

[@JaredKaiser24]

ThePalaeontologist same here! Its ingrained on my mind too, i wished i could high five you right now 🙏🏻

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@JaredKaiser24 lol high five

[@AJMerrick]

Hey Everyone! This is Project Africa! Thanks for watching! Subscribe for some deus vult in two weeks! Ehhhh please ignore my spelling mistake of "volunteers"

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

The Italians in Africa were hilariously inept

[@Md-rb9rv]

Pre-colonial African states are just so underrated

[@ishxyzaak]

@@casio6651 what do you mean?

[@andreacapuano585]

@@emilianotanc4126 good luck win a war when you fight someone that shoot from 500m

[@ishxyzaak]

@@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

[@leventeprincz7436]

@@casio6651 search mansa mosa, the emperor of mali

[@reschi56]

@@ishxyzaak 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.

[@kanyekubrick5391]

6:41 my stomach churns every time i hear that name

[@MappingEagle]

Exactly, it's a shame how little people know of Leopold II and his atrocities.

[@decem_sagittae]

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.

[@atomisedman6235]

@@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 KZbin 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.

[@decem_sagittae]

@@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.

[@DirkusTurkess]

Yup, Belgium. Ghastly word.

[@VFChannelArchive]

KZbin decide to recommend a channel never seen before. Oh well subscribed

[@sizanogreen9900]

German Togo Colony: Am I a joke to you?

[@shastealyomeal]

Lomè prettiest little city

[@l.f.c9973]

French an british togo colony you mean

[@LilTounsii66]

it was german before french and british take it during ww1@@l.f.c9973

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

That was the first or Second Reich, right?

[@anis8879]

This is actually a good 'brief history' type of videos, i commend you for your content of high quality +1sub

[@tarushsrivastava6351]

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

[@AJMerrick]

Thanks for watching :)

[@eleanorbenoit-means1257]

Very interesting, thank you for making this video. I learned so much.

[@jacobbaker4695]

Forgot to mention how shitty things went in Liberia. Many Africans died and the success rate was horrible.

[@jacobbaker4695]

@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

[@brandonlyon730]

Not to mention many of the Native Liberia’s themselves had been enslaved by Africans coming from the America’s.

[@Incognitoblue]

@SpadesGuy fuck you you racist piece of shit

[@nutyyyy]

@@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.

[@SyAt]

Right

[@maddie2491]

Africa: *exists* All the other countries: don’t be shy take some more

[@Embracehistoria]

Very nice, I'm looking forward to the crusades next :D

[@readmore8302]

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.

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

That is a really nice and encouraging post!

[@pappujack7667]

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.

[@SanamSingh-kp6vi]

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 😃

[@pappujack7667]

@@SanamSingh-kp6vi no problem.

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

Lots of slavery, Lots and lots of slavery

[@gambiejallow3537]

This is excellent summary and I really appreciate you history was my favorite subject

[@RocketChild]

Thanks for the quick explaination.

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

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!

[@awsomeclipsnow]

@@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.

[@skiteufr]

@@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

[@Cromwelldunbar]

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.

[@John-qd5ok]

oh my god thank you so much bruh this was so helpful

[@sk-wq3dd]

Really

[@hookedonphoenix3112]

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.

[@princenero_]

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.

[@connorwood7477]

There was a funny Minecraft reference

[@ajavier7634]

Long life to Ethiopia

[@rediettadesse2828]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@boogeymann6686]

You don't have to say that. Ethiopia already has a long life and will probably live even longer.

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

It got conquerored during WWII

[@shawnv123]

@@Anonymous-cm8jy yes

[@justjam2177]

Somalia

[@philliplyn2692]

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 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪

[@happytime11]

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?

[@RandomGuy-hx6pj]

You, sir, are incredibly well spoken, a rare sight on the Internet

[@darthguilder1923]

I like the Age of Mythology music

[@AgeOfEmpiresZone]

me too!

[@maxh3086]

I guess without AoE/AoM not even half of us would have gotten here...

[@jakehughes5962]

The sun never sets intensifies

[@ruairioceallaigh8882]

The sun never set because God wouldn't trust the English in the dark.

[@p.x9040]

@@ruairioceallaigh8882 lol

[@leoconchola3163]

Very good video enjoyed it

[@manwesnotteklu5393]

a grate store many historian don't mention Ethiopia and you did so good job

[@Aiswarya_Biju.]

Great video. Only video that actually helped me understand the scramble for Africa without making me confused.

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

Read the book by that name its much better (longer) than this video

[@ayanabdi9903]

Big ups to Ethiopia hope they recognize there position and stay unified against everything

[@BIGJXXX]

You gained a new sub

[@markmcdonald4781]

super helpful thanks :)

[@juanlopezredondo7938]

Spain also participated in the scramble of Africa. They obtuvated the north and south of Moroco, the west Sahara and ecuatorial guinee

[@collectiveconsciousness5314]

Wondering how much of that is the shoe being on the other foot for *700* years of conquest by people from that area.

[@daviroza4700]

Western Sahara 🇪🇭 was never part of mrococo kingdom but west Algeria 🇩🇿 was now free Western Sahara 🇪🇭

[@DefaultTheseus]

On a side note, that background tune... from Age of Mythology, really brought back some childhood memories in a very different way.

[@earls.maiden1151]

What great enlightenment!!

[@MikeHaggarKJ]

Great video

[@Hannodb1961]

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.

[@AJMerrick]

I made a more indeoth video on the boer wars already I also wanted to keep this brief :) Thanks for watching

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

What about the German concentration camps in Namibia? The precursor to World War II

[@Hannodb1961]

@@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"

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

Thank you for that reference, I may be able to find it online if its that old. @@Hannodb1961

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

The situation in Namibia shiuld have been a wake up call for us.

[@kasenza]

Very informative

[@Hagaloogy]

I wish quality videos like this went that slight extra step and edited the narration

[@deadsnooker7565]

The italians are a special bunch :')

[@historyoftheromans2527]

Yep

[@divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657]

Ramin Tahouri Caesar: promises protection from Germans Also Caesar: kills and enslaved over 2 million Gauls

[@ramintahouri270]

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

[@ramintahouri270]

Chauntel Shannon lmao! Savage! Hahahaha

[@sdupont4931]

Yes sir

[@jetbahena664]

I’m too lazy to get up and read my notes for a test tomorrow so now we’re here

[@dakkefernet8585]

Humans: exists* Mediterranean: let's play Earth: nooooo!

[@WhiteCapeJesse]

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.

[@BloomBlanche]

What if you wanted to colonize Abyssinia but Menelik II said "Eh Yeah, No"

[@rediettadesse2828]

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

[@joed72]

@@rediettadesse2828 yup. Sad to see foreigners appreciating our history more than we do ourselves smh

[@Bolognabeef]

But Mussolini replied: "Anyways, you guys like mustard?"

[@jonel4ever730]

What app you use to do this animated video/documentary ?

[@BB-uo1qy]

Appreciate the AoE 2 music fam

[@hoboykale2213]

thank fo your ideas about the fighting and divided of africa continent

[@voxelatthescreen3631]

Boer: *is pronounced as the English 'boor' * VC3 productions: *BOAR*

[@wzrdodilukey8599]

You have not mentioned Togo as a German colony. But still a very good video!

[@l.f.c9973]

Egyptian:were protected by the ottomans you wont do shit Britain:am about to end this mans hole career

[@pacoramon9468]

6 nations? I counted 7: Belgium, France, Italy, England, Germany, Spain and Portugal

[@javierperalta7648]

The Netherlands and Denmark also had colonies in Africa but they sold them to the British

[@uyilol4557]

@@javierperalta7648 really? Which? That's interesting

[@javierperalta7648]

@@uyilol4557 They both had colonies in the Gold Coast (Ghana), and the Netherlands also had colonies in South Africa

[@uyilol4557]

@@javierperalta7648 Wow I know about the Netherlands and South Africa etc. But I never thought about Denmark. Interesting

[@Lucythesmartcat_706]

Excellent

[@godbiter]

using Age of Empires music as your background is wholesome

[@fatimabaobaid]

What is the political economical and social effects of it ?? Please I want the answer as soon as possible

[@benkoolmees7511]

thank you

[@spr822]

Cecil John Rhodes was the person who wanted to establish the Cape to Cairo railway line but it never came about.

[@darkzi1431]

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

[@Lateatnightpioneers]

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!

[@lazychief5223]

lmfao i like the Minecraft diamond reference 9:10

[@bignamebiglife4064]

The Sahara the largest desert in the world Antarctica: am I a joke to you?

[@MrPigeonaids]

age of mythology music? :D nice

[@dizzy5240]

whos here from school work

[@aditijindal998]

Me 😂

[@user-zx6cp8ue6g]

Me😂

[@shivabreathes]

“There were several European explorers who … explored the continent” 😂

[@davmaster5659]

what progam does he used i want to know, its for a project of school

[@developer6570]

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

[@thebloosm4557]

Ya me too. I have test and watching it.

[@navrajdhaliwal2403]

nice video

[@decem_sagittae]

Bro are you using music from Age of Mythology in the video?

[@siggiAg86]

Wait wait, this music is from Age of Empires right?? Nice !

[@sottiesvibe6150]

To what extent did the Ottoman Empire speed up European colonization in North Africa?any one to help answer the question?

[@ForTheFREEMAN]

excellent with the AOE music❤

[@seniorscouse3346]

other places exist europe:its a big pog bois

[@Cromwelldunbar]

Germany also held Togoland next to the Gold Coast today’s Ghana. Strange that Liberia never developed into anything worthwhile.

[@Luzitanium]

and Portuguese had Guine Bissau

[@petermclean5680]

My teacher sent this to me for homework (cause of corona). Im looking through the comments..

[@icedtea8093]

same lol

[@cityheron7106]

Are you on your parents acc? Lol

[@t.dm.k2037]

Lol same. Corona really changed everything

[@gurtajbeesla2716]

@@cityheron7106 lol

[@mohammadibnallah8062]

in 06:15 he says Italy, but it shows two flags at the same time. The flag with a cross, where is it from?

[@tiglathpaylesserII]

This is late but the flag at the bottom is the italian empire the one above is the Portuguese empire and the flag at the top os the german empire

[@jonesmapani9898]

For Africa to develop we need to squash these borders

[@jeksixten5751]

How about Spain Equatorial Guinea?

[@stoatsarebetterthanbeavers]

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.

[@SanamSingh-kp6vi]

big brain moment 🦾

[@manooxi327]

tnx

[@AgeOfEmpiresZone]

I really like the Age Of Mythology music

[@ranatranslates]

Are tracks from Age of Mythology also from epidemicsound?

[@noscope9032]

9:12 the Minecraft diamonds in the background

[@IndigoBranch]

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.

[@Mathster-el4ci]

0:51 Me: ANTARTICAAAA

[@SgtBaha]

I watching this for a class but now I just want to play Age of Mythology!

[@JustXerom]

Congo:exists Leopold: now that is a pro gamer move

[@vegetableman3911]

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.

[@Cromwelldunbar]

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.

[@nelsondias5215]

The background music... Is of Age of Mythology game .. 🤭😂

[@matgof03]

age of mythologies theme song!

[@subsidingjoshua9354]

The Age of mythology soundtrack lol

[@robertelliott8970]

Thank you to Age of Mythology for the background music 🎉

[@bobted6266]

9:45 Eritrea- am I a joke to u

[@sk-wq3dd]

Wth

[@salmaansomali5789]

Africa will never forget about this

[@gabewu8972]

What about Ming Chinese contact with East African, by Zheng He’s treasure fleet

[@el.oh.you.]

had to watch this for an assignment 💔

[@ChristianBitn]

great

[@pilum3705]

You forgot to mention that Togo was a German colony too. It isn't even depicted on the map.

[@Headhunter97]

He also forgot to mention cameroon.. 💁🏻‍♂️😄

[@pilum3705]

Tobi Selig But Cameroon was at least on the map.

[@Headhunter97]

@@pilum3705 I know.. but still ;)

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

10:02 you forgot the german colony Togo

[@cloverhal2284]

In 1830 Alsace Lorraine was part of France. It was German between 1870-1918 and 1940-1945