Why did a European nation want to colonize the Congo?
Colonization of the Congo basin refers to the European colonization of the Congo Basin of tropical Africa. It was the last part of the continent to be colonized. By the end of the 19th century the Basin had been carved up by European colonial powers into the Congo Free State the French Congo and the Portuguese Congo (modern Cabinda Province of Angola).
One by one the other great mysteries had been explored: • The coasts by Prince Henry the Navigator s Portuguese sailors in the 15th century. • The Blue Nile by James Bruce in 1773. • The remote upper Niger by Mungo Park in 1796.
One by one the other great mysteries had been explored: • The coasts by Prince Henry the Navigator s Portuguese sailors in the 15th century. • The Blue Nile by James Bruce in 1773. • The remote upper Niger by Mungo Park in 1796. • The vast Sahara by competitors Laing Caillié and Clapperton in the 1820s. • The fever-ridden mangroves of the lower Niger by the brothers Richard and John Lander in 1830. • Southern Africa and the Zambezi by Livingstone and John Clafton in the 1850s. • The upper Nile by Burton Speke and Baker in a succession of expeditions between 1857 and 1868. Though the Congo had been one of the first to be attempted it remained a mystery. Since the 15th century European explorers had sailed into the broad Congo estuary planning to fight their way up the falls and rapids that begin only 100 miles (160 km) inland and then travel up the river to its unknown source. All failed. The rapids and falls had they known it extended for 220 miles (350 km) inland and the terrain close by the river was impassable and remains so to this day. Repeated attempts to travel overland were repulsed with heavy casualties accidents conflicts with nati… Read more on Wikipedia
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz) or West Africa Conference (Westafrika-Konferenz) regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck the first chancellor of Germany. Its outcome the General Act of the Berlin Conference can be seen as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa but s…
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