Post Conference Analysis (France)

As France, I thought we did a pretty decent job by taking most of the major ports. Although Britain took Suez Canal as well as Gibraltar, they were forced to take at least three inches of farmland. Therefore, it allowed us to take the remaining ports. I think Britain won because by taking the Suez Canal and Gibraltar, they can basically control every trade that is going through Africa. I think Germany lost in the "scramble" because Britain and France took every vital part of Africa and they were forced to take the average leftover lands.
I think colonizing and making boundaries throughout Africa will bring about a very negative effect on African culture. The African tribes interact with each other and by splitting them up, their culture becomes destroyed. Different countries were formed as a result. There is still an effect seen today in Africa because now there are not as many African language speakers as there were before.

Scramble for Africa

When I think about "Scramble for Africa," I first think about the Berlin Conference. The Berlin Conference was held by various European countries to split up Africa into their own territories. Since the voyage by Portugal, many European countries were in need of natural resources and raw material, and Africa was the perfect place to settle on. In order to "fairly" split up Africa, the European countries held a meeting to discuss this matter.

Do Now

I believe that the Europeans became interested in Africa because of cheap labor. In the movie Roots, the European merchants wanted to round up all the African people and ship them back to Britain. That time, Britain was starting to imperialize different territories. Then Britain had to look for cheap human resources to grow more efficiently.
I think slavery will have a very negative effect on the African society. All men are created the same, and the British did not have any right whatsoever to "use" these African people as slaves. I think this tragic history prevents interaction between whites and blacks. The African tribe will now view the white Europeans as adversaries. Also, the society will fall apart because almost everything in the society are ran by men.