Colonisation of Africa

Na dem found external colonies insyd Africa during antiquity. Na Ancient Greeks den Romans establish colonies on de African continent insyd North Africa, similar to how na dem establish settler-colonies insyd parts of Eurasia. Na sam of dese dem endure for centuries; however, popular parlance of colonialism insyd Africa usually dey focus on de European conquests of African states den societies insyd de Scramble for Africa (1884–1914) during de age of New Imperialism, wey be followed by gradual decolonisation after World War II.

Na de principal powers involved insyd de modern colonisation of Africa be Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, den Italy. Na European rule get significant impacts on Africa ein societies den de suppression of communal autonomy wey disrupt local customary practices den caused de irreversible transformation of Africa ein socioeconomic systems.Mamdani 1996 Na dem maintain colonies for de purpose of economic exploitation den extraction of natural resources. Insyd nearly all African countries today, de language used insyd government den media be de one used by a recent colonial power, though chaw people dey speak dema native African languages.

Ancient den medieval colonies 

For early history time, people from Europe den Western Asia, like Greeks den Phoenicians, go create colonies for North Africa.

Under Pharaoh Amasis of Egypt (570–526 BC), one Greek trading colony dey wey dem set up for Naucratis, about 50 miles from where Alexandria go later dey.Boardman (1973), p. 114

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 External links 

 Economic Impact of Colonialism
 Germany Refuses to Apologize for Herero Holocaust – from Africana.com
 Andre Osborn, "Belgium exhumes its colonial demons", The Guardian, 12 July 2002


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