Goals Within the Berlin Conference
When representatives from the fourteen countries gathered together in Berlin, Germany, Otto von Bismarck, organizing leader of the conference, proposed the goals and reason for the coming together and what was to be resolved.
Otto von Bismarck's claims of the overall conference goals included:
Provide for the welfare of Africa Regulate and control the slave trade Promote humanitarian idealism The goals presented at the introduction of the conference were all in the interest of working to impact Africa rather than the European countries, which were already developed; however, the outcome of the goals led to conflicts as well as a legacy that continues to present day and will continue into the far future. |
Where Overall Goals Lead To
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Although the goals created were in interest of Africa as a whole and independent continent, they quickly became forgotten as the interest of the individual European countries became priority.
In a short period of time, the conference obtained a new purpose. For the remaining time, the persons within the conference focused on dividing Africa evenly amongst the attendees.
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The specific countries that were represented at the conference claimed the following listed land:
- Great Britain - Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Nigeria, and Ghana
- France - Western Africa: from Mauritania to Chad, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo
- Belgium and King Leopold II - Democratic Republic of Congo
- Portugal - Mozambique in the east and Angola in the west
- Italy - Somalia
- Germany - Namibia and Tanzania
- Spain - Equatorial Guinea — smallest portion of land
Left Out of European Control |
The only two countries who fought to be left out of the European
control were Liberia and Ethiopia. |