7.
European powers plan colonization of Africa
From
November 1884 to February 1885, representatives of 14 powers, mostly
European, met in Berlin to deal with territorial disputes in Africa.
The Berlin Conference established guidelines for the European powers
to follow in their colonization of the continent. No Africans were
invited to the conference.
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