It also extends the period to accentuate continuity in Africa rather than the European
Berlin Conference of 1884-85.
At the
Berlin Conference on Africa (1885), Britain modified the basis of colonial rule from religion to race, denying 'native tribes' both sovereignty and human rights.
Let us disband the colonial heritage of the
Berlin conference and the artificiality of the bogus countries and boundaries carved out of Africa, Welcome to new countries that will usher in peace, security and prosperity to all long suffering sons and daughters of Africa bundled together in a jungle called Nigeria.
These powers cooperated with each other frequently (such as at the 1884
Berlin conference).
To prevent hostilities breaking out over the control of Africa's resources, the
Berlin Conference was held to carve up Africa and its resources.'
The General Act signed at the
Berlin Conference may have imposed few obligations or restrictions, but the agreement codified liberal principles that guided the colonization of Africa without respect to particular cases.
The next chapter examines control measures in the context of the
Berlin Conference (the first attempt to internationalize the problem of leprosy in the year 1897) and the promulgation of the Ethical Policy in the Indies (at the turn of the twentieth century).
And whereas that at least in the fashion that followed the
Berlin Conference of 1884, heralding the Scramble for Africa may be a long shot, proponents of this view have the balance of trade to anchor their argument.
For agricultural policy-makers the highlight of the three-day event was the 10th
Berlin Conference of Agriculture Ministers the largest of its kind anywhere in the world.
Kenya and almost all the African states were created following the Foreign Policy decision of 13 European countries and the US during the
Berlin Conference of 1884 (also referred to as the Congo Conference or the West Africa Conference).