The Berlin Conference (1884 - 1885) 

What I hate the most about all this is that today we are being fed the lie of being independent when all these colonizers still enforce their policies on our countries. The sanctions are one way of keeping us in line evertime we try to be truly independent.

Africa Has never recovered I still cry for my Mother land.

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Very informative and well explained. Great video!

Well done. People should know the history that how the European powers brutally conquered and divided Africa in late 19th century. In 1913, they basically completed the colonization of Africa. Then in 1914, the World War I began. God started punishing those European powers with two world wars. After WWII, the colonization of Africa and Asia began to end.

Murderers and Thieves 😡😡😡😡

This and the Ottoman Empire is why African, specifically the Northern region, looks like it does today.

thanks I really appreciate this, needed it for an upcoming final :)

I started to watch this but my blood is literally boiling with anger right now, so have to come back and watch the rest later. Please cover the practices within colonies. Chopped off hands and feet in Congo for example required by Leopald. He was actually subhuman

Thank you for this video. Very informative and enlightening.

Well thanks for helping me in my homework

This video and presentation was very well research and put together. Thanks for much for your efforts and upload, Logic Owl. .

I am fuming with anger when I listen to this, to think a discussion over the division of Africa, not even a single African present....ironically 1884 was the year that King Cetshwayo ka Mpande died allegedly, poisoned (the last independent Zulu King who crushed over 1700 British battalions during 1879)

Most evil meeting of all time

thank you it helped me a lot in my class assignments

thanks a lot! I always watch these videos before my history finals.. it helps a lot

Very informative piece but i suggest the author stop trying to sanitize these crimes by using words like "INADVERTENTLY, PARTIALLY, CONVINCED Italy to join", Italy didn't need inadvertent convincing all they needed was opportunity. Or "Bismarck's plan were interrupted FORCING Germany to get involved", they weren't forced they were simply greedy and vile, no arms were twisted. And lastly "the INITIATIVE taken by Portugal", they didn't take the initiative, they took land, lives and resources. See how words, if told by the oppressor class can be manipulated or in this case sanitized as opposed to demonized.

...are you just reading wikipedia?

your history ignores important chunks of evidence to force a ideologic view

The video mentions “Belgium” several times where it should say Leopold. Belgium had nothing to do with the management of the Congo Free State and refused to materially support Leopold’s plan. Leopold received Congo with restrictions: he was not allowed to tax or restrict trade, but obliged to develop and police the country. It must have been clear to all that Leopold was heading for bankruptcy - possibly France, Portugal and Great Britain expected it, so that one of them could take over. It almost happened, but, when Leopold was almost bust, there was a sudden rise in demand for rubber. Leopold started filling his pockets.

The evil continues

Watching this made me cry😭 The Europeans have cheated us. They have destroyed our lives.

I read that on al Jazeera

Why do they still serve these people.

"unclaimed territory"? Like there was no people already living there 💔

how can this video alone make 80 % of all your views man you have the potential make this just be 1% of your views i believe in you

This was frustrating to watch

Always taking and destroying life

And who said reparation is not a valid Question and a righteous indignation, we want total surrender, confession, and also repentance from the thieves, if forgiveness are in order reparation must be paid, it must be made no question asked period this is serious judgment. Ok.

I did not know about the sultan of zanaibar.

I find it funny Belgium was created by Britain.

- The Berlin conference formalized the Scramble for Africa, a period where European powers explored, divided, and conquered Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. - The conference lasted from November 15th, 1884 to February 26th, 1885 and involved 13 European nations and the United States. - By the end of the conference, the powers had decided how to divide the unclaimed African territory, producing established boundaries between colonies. - The 1885 general act declared the neutrality of the Congo River Basin, forbade the slave trade, and rejected Portugal's claims to the Congo River estuary. - Prior to the Scramble, Europe mainly claimed coastal colonies along the Mediterranean and African deep south. - Africa was largely ignored until King Leopold's II of Belgium funded an expedition to explore the Congo in 1876, leading to the founding of the Congo Free State. - Various European powers raced to claim more land, eliminating local rulers who could disrupt European agendas. - The Berlin conference legitimized the concept of Africa being a mere playground for outside forces, with little consideration for the welfare of native people. The Berlin Conference of 1884-85 formalized the Scramble for Africa, a period during which several European powers explored, divided and conquered the continent of Africa. The conference was a series of negotiations between 13 European nations and the United States, in which they decided how they would pursue the division of unclaimed African territory. By the end of the conference, these powers decided how they would divide Africa amongst themselves, producing the 1885 General Act, which declared the neutrality of the Congo River Basin, guaranteed freedom for trade and shipping for all states in the basin, forbade the slave trade, and rejected Portugal's claims to the Congo River estuary, making possible the founding of the independent Congo Free State by Belgium. Prior to the Scramble, Europe had been slow to realize the benefits of claiming African land until the 1870s, when they began to claim coastal colonies primarily along the Mediterranean and the African deep south. The Scramble was triggered by King Leopold II of Belgium, whose plan to fund an expedition to explore the Congo was followed through by sending Sir Henry Morton Stanley there. As the Scramble intensified, various European powers raced to claim more land and eliminate any minor local rulers with the potential of disrupting European agendas. The Berlin Conference legitimized the concept of Africa being a mere playground for outside forces, essentially free for foreign powers to seize without any consideration for the native people living on the continent. Bullet Summary: - The Berlin Conference formalized the Scramble for Africa - The conference was a series of negotiations between 13 European nations and the United States - By the end of the conference, these powers decided how they would divide Africa amongst themselves, producing the 1885 General Act - Prior to the Scramble, Europe had been slow to realize the benefits of claiming African land until the 1870s - The Scramble was triggered by King Leopold II of Belgium, whose plan to fund an expedition to explore the Congo was followed through by sending Sir Henry Morton Stanley there - The Berlin Conference legitimized the concept of Africa being a mere playground for outside forces, essentially free for foreign powers to seize without any consideration for the native people living on the continent

The detached tone with which White people have while discussing their ancestors' committing genocide vs Africans is disturbing.

U did a great job...

God bless you

We must beware of Russia. Russia was a participant in The Berlin Conference in 1854 to 1855 The Berlin Conference began on 15 November 1884; the countries represented at the time included Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey, and the United States of America. It was called by the German chancellor Otto Von Bismark, at the request of Portugal, although Bismark was quite happy to play a role in settling who controlled the vast continent... 🎉 from Wikipedia

This is so sickening!!!

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So Africa once called Aeothpia was the largest country in world as well as a continent; before Europeans came.

Good information bro

Very objective...thanks for sharing our truth.

This is the reason why ww1 happened and why the world is mess up.

Portugal: We came first, so Africa is ours! Leopold I: I want... well, nothing much honestly... Wisconsin, Texas, Portugal, Pennsylvania etc. After the Conference: Belgium gets Congo Leopold II: Forget the nation! I want it as my personal property!

How can you encourage the word 'unclaimed' arent africans humans...wish you would use lesser harshful words ..ur viewers are from all over..even africa bro

Afcfta says never again to this disgusting system. The beginning of the end of this sick system.

So where was the Berlin conference held?

The Torture Is A Casual Minimized Afterthought

Thanks for the great video!

Damn european countries were so egoistic and nationalistic

Excellent

Thank you for educating me about "the devilish plan" of partitioning Africa by the European and American people of origin.

2024;Russia,China,EU,USA,Saudi Arabia,UAE, all want a piece of Africa.

Well said.. Great video . from an African. Well said.

That help a lot g

only 611 subs?

The scramble for Africa.

The based conference

well done

Thank g

Good job.

Damn, that's a lot of blue and pink territory. 😮

Troy Soren narrating.

Him 7 european powers Me as britain in victoria 2 NO

What,goes, around,, comes, around,, Europeans,,will,,soon,find,,out,,AMEN

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Reparations for Africa

Such evil!

Where the white people 👀 at?

Full of wrong information.

Lol, I wonder what were churches doing

Dude, the Europeans have been in Africa since 1497

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Glory to Spain. Only having a grudge with the moors and leaving all sub-saharians alone. GLORY TO SPAIN, THE CHOSEN ONE.

Those where the day's

Acutually your wrong british and belgian colonies were one of the best colonies in the world.

The scramble for Africa.