Berlin Conference blog

I thought that Portugal won in our distribution of Africa. I would say the Britain one but I am not really sure what they would keep and what they would get rid of if they actually were required to use their assigned amount. I think Portugal won because they got exactly what they wanted. They control 3 of the major ports and rivers. And when they came to Africa in the first place they were just looking for trading partners, not resources. Plus they got two ports on both sides. Overall they did the best job with what they were given.

These effects of the Berlin Conference on Africa were monumental. It caused civil war, led to millions of deaths to both africans and white, and left the country in shambles. Today you can still see the effects when you see civil wars against tribes like the hotos and the tutsies. Also in north and south Nigeria. Also in the blood diamonds issue going on in Sierra Leone. But honestly I feel like if the Europeans never went in to Africa in the first place, and if we looked at what Africa would be like, it would be very similar. They would be greatly primitive to us, and although blood diamonds wouldn't be around, there still would have been civil war. How long can you blame the Europeans for the problems in Africa. They would not have been this great country that is striving in our modern world even if the Europeans never came. What they did to the people and their motives were horrible, but how different is the country of Africa today, then it would have been without Imperialism.