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to a territory unless the state exercised strong and effective political control and, if so, only for a limited period of time, essentially an occupational force only. However, Britain's view was that Germany was a latecomer to the continent and was assumptively unlikely to gain any possessions beyond those it already held, which were swiftly proving to be more valuable than British territories. That logic caused it to be generally assumed by Britain and France that Germany had an interest in embarrassing the other European powers on the continent and forcing them to give up their possessions if they could not muster a strong political presence. On the other side,
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power establishing some kind of base on the coast from which it was free to expand into the interior. The Europeans did not believe that the rules of occupation demanded European hegemony on the ground. The Belgians originally wanted to include that effective occupation required provisions that "cause peace to be administered", but Britain and France were the powers that had that amendment struck out of the final document.
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The conference provided an opportunity to channel latent European hostilities towards one another outward; provide new areas for assisting the European powers expand in the face of rising American, Russian and Japanese interests; and form constructive dialogue to limit future hostilities. In Africa,
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At the Berlin Conference, the scope of the Principle of Effective Occupation was heavily contested between Germany and France. The Germans, who were new to the continent, essentially believed that as far as the extension of power in Africa was concerned, no colonial power should have any legal right
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stated that a power could acquire rights over colonial lands only if it possessed them or had effective occupation: if it had treaties with local leaders, flew its flag there, and established an administration in the territory to govern it with a police force to keep order. The colonial power could
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that was already in full swing. Some scholars, however, warn against an overemphasis on its role in the colonial partitioning of Africa, and draw attention to bilateral agreements concluded before and after the conference. According to a 2024 study, the conference only set the borders for the Congo
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sped up after the Conference since even within areas designated as their sphere of influence, the European powers had to take effective possession by the principle of effectivity. In central Africa in particular, expeditions were dispatched to coerce traditional rulers into signing treaties, using
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The conference contributed to ushering in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers; one writer once made the point that the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was responsible for "the old carve-up of Africa". Other writers have also laid the blame in "the partition of Africa" on the
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The great powers' disinclination to rule their territories is apparent throughout the protocols of the Berlin Conference but especially in the Principle of Effective Occupation. In line with Germany and Britain's opposing views, the powers finally agreed that it could be established by a European
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in Africa but also for delimiting their respective overseas possessions, as effective occupation served in some instances as a criterion for settling colonial boundary disputes. However, as the scope of the Berlin Act was limited to the lands that fronted on the African coast, European powers in
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The European race for colonies made Germany start launching expeditions of its own, which frightened both British and French statesmen. Hoping to quickly soothe the brewing conflict, Belgian King Leopold II convinced France and Germany that common trade in Africa was in the best interests of all
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Crowe, Craven, and Katzenellenbogen are authors who have attempted to soften the language and therefore the intent of the conference. They warn against an overemphasis on its role in the colonial partitioning of Africa, extensively justifying it by ignoring the motivations and outcomes of the
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Prior to the conference, European diplomats approached African rulers and the French leaders had already invaded some parts of Lagos in the same manner as they had in the Western Hemisphere, by establishing a connection to local trade networks. In the early 1800s, the European demand for
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That principle, along with others that were written at the conference, allowed the Europeans to conquer Africa but to do as little as possible to administer or control it. The principle did not apply so much to the hinterlands of Africa at the time of the conference. This gave rise to
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The properties occupied by Belgian King Leopold's International Congo Society, the name used in the General Act, were confirmed as the Society's. On 1 August 1885, a few months after the closure of the Berlin Conference, Leopold's Vice-Administrator General in the Congo,
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By the early 1880s, many factors including diplomatic successes, greater European local knowledge, and the demand for resources such as gold, timber, and rubber, triggered dramatically increased European involvement in the continent of Africa. Stanley's charting of the
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conference by only drawing attention to bilateral agreements concluded before and after the conference, regardless of whether they were finalized and followed in practice. For example, Craven has questioned the legal and economic impact of the conference.
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theory, which basically gave any colonial power with coastal territory the right to claim political influence over an indefinite amount of inland territory. Since Africa was irregularly shaped, that theory caused problems and was later rejected.
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However, the countries that ultimately participated in the Final Act ignored requirements set forth within it to establish their satellite governments, rights to the land, and trade for the benefit of their national, and domestic economies.
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region (those borders were later revised). The study finds that "most of Africa’s borders were not initially formed until after the 1884–85 Berlin Conference... most did not take their final form until over two decades later."
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which, with the Berlin Conference of 1884, brought colonial imperialism to flower" and that "he primary reality of imperialism in Africa today is economic," going on to expound on the extraction of wealth from the continent.
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Other historians focus on the legal implications in international law and argue that the conference was only one of many (mostly bilateral) agreements between prospective colonists, which took place after the conference.
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later stated that from that same 1 August 1885 onwards, Leopold II was to be considered Sovereign of the new state, again an issue never discussed, let alone decided, at the Berlin Conference.
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from European maps of the continent, delineating the areas of British, Portuguese, French and Belgian control. These European nations raced to annex territory that might be claimed by rivals.
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holds a contrary view, although he conceded that "the Berlin Act did have a relevance to the course of the partition" of Africa. Of the fourteen countries being represented, seven of them –
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Frankema, Ewout, Jeffrey G. Williamson, and P. J. Woltjer. "An economic rationale for the West African scramble? The commercial transition and the commodity price boom of 1835–1885."
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was also formed, with more economic goals but still closely related to the former society. Leopold secretly bought off the foreign investors in the Congo Society, which was turned to
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Katzenellenbogen, S. (1996). "It didn't happen at Berlin: Politics, economics and ignorance in the setting of Africa's colonial boundaries.". In Nugent, P.; Asiwaju, A. I. (eds.).
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In 1882, realizing the geopolitical extent of Portuguese control on the coasts, but seeing penetration by France eastward across Central Africa toward Ethiopia, the Nile, and the
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Katzenellenbogen, S. 1996. It didn't happen at Berlin: Politics, economics and ignorance in the setting of Africa's colonial boundaries. In Nugent, P. and Asiwaju, A. I. (Eds.),
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De Belgische Koloniën - Documentaire over het Belgisch Koloniaal Rijk (English: The Belgian Colonies - Documentary on the Belgian Colonial Empire) timestamp 10:40 to 10:52)
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numerous instances later claimed rights over interior lands without demonstrating the requirement of effective occupation, as articulated in Article 35 of the Final Act.
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had large territorial holdings there and wanted to keep them while it minimised its responsibilities and administrative costs. In the end, the British view prevailed.
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Adem, Gurminder K. Bhambra, Yolande Bouka, Randolph B. Persaud, Olivia U. Rutazibwa, Vineet Thakur, Duncan Bell, Karen Smith, Toni Haastrup, Seifudein (3 July 2020).
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colonialism was introduced across nearly all the continent. When African independence was regained after World War II, it was in the form of fragmented states.
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From 1878 to 1885, Stanley returned to the Congo not as a reporter but as Leopold's agent, with the secret mission to organise what would become known as the
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The Power of Geographical Imaginaries in the European International Order: Colonialism, the 1884–85 Berlin Conference, and Model International Organizations
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The Principle of Effective Occupation (based on effective occupation, see below) was introduced to prevent powers from setting up colonies in name only.
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powers. Thus, an international prohibition of the slave trade throughout their respected spheres was signed by the European members. In his novella
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Any fresh act of taking possession of any portion of the African coast would have to be notified by the power taking possession, or assuming a
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also make use of the colony economically. That principle became important not only as a basis for the European powers to acquire territorial
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By 1902, 90% of all the land that makes up Africa was under European control. Most of the Sahara was French, but after the quelling of the
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Cornelis, S. (1991). "Stanley au service de LĂ©opold II: La fondation de l'État IndĂ©pendant du Congo (1878–1885)". In Cornelis, S. (ed.).
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varied per nation, but these 14 countries sent representatives to attend the Berlin Conference and sign the subsequent Berlin Act:
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incident. French claims by Pierre de Brazza were quickly acted on by the French military, which took control of what is now the
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in East Africa. The way to do it was to "liberate Africa" by the introduction of "commerce, Christianity" and civilization.
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was dispatched to central Africa, travelled into the western Congo basin, and raised the French flag over the newly founded
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soon after the closure of the Berlin Conference in August 1885. French agents discovered Leopold's plans, and in response
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The following states were annexed by the British Empire roughly a decade after (see below for more information):
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European claims in Africa, 1913. Today's boundaries, which are largely a legacy of the colonial era, are shown.
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Definition of regions in which each European power had an exclusive right to pursue the legal ownership of land
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Bismarck at the crossroads: the reorientation of German foreign policy after the Congress of Berlin, 1878–1880
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Stengers, Jean, "Sur l'aventure congolaise de Joseph Conrad". In Quaghebeur, M. and van Balberghe, E. (eds),
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Craven, M. 2015. "Between law and history: the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 and the logic of free trade."
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The invention of a tradition: Westlake, the Berlin Conference and the historicisation of international law
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Uniquely, the United States reserved the right to decline or to accept the conclusions of the conference.
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Papier Blanc, Encre Noire: Cent Ans de Culture Francophone en Afrique Centrale (ZaĂŻre, Rwanda et Burundi)
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Slave traders and their captives bound in chains and collared with 'taming sticks'. From Livingstone's
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in which hundreds of British subjects were murdered or injured, Britain intervened in the nominally
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Förster, Susanne, et al. "Negotiating German colonial heritage in Berlin's Afrikanisches Viertel."
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and Miltou, was designated to be French, and the area to the south would be German, later called
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Bismarck, Europe and Africa: The Berlin Africa conference 1884–1885 and the onset of partition
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Bismarck, Europe and Africa: The Berlin Africa Conference 1884–1885 and the Onset of Partition
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in Africans a great world movement of modern times is "the partitioning of Africa after the
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Fondation de l'État IndĂ©pendant du Congo: Un chapitre de l'histoire du partage de l'Afrique
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would be British, with the French taking the basin of Lake Chad. Furthermore, between the
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but recently, scholars have questioned the legal and economic impact of the conference.
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The conference opened on 15 November 1884 and closed on 26 February 1885. The number of
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Matua, Maka Wu (1995). "Why Redraw the Map of Africa: A Moral and Legal Inquiry".
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International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of Central Africa
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three countries. Under support from the British and the initiative of Portugal,
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L'Europe coloniale et le grand tournant de la ConfĂ©rence de Berlin (1884–1885)
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Historians have long marked the Berlin Conference as the formalisation of the
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goals, with the "African Society" serving primarily as a philanthropic front.
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were united by co-option of the intervening territory (the land later became
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was created from a revision of this article dated 11 December 2017
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The first reference in an international act to the obligations attaching to
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Partly to gain public acceptance, the conference resolved to end slavery by
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This article is about the conference from 1884 to 1885. For other uses, see
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Mulligan, William. "The Anti-slave Trade Campaign in Europe, 1888–90." in
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Within a few years, Africa was at least nominally divided up south of the
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Förster, Stig, Wolfgang Justin Mommsen, and Ronald Edward Robinson, eds.
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sarcastically referred to one of the participants at the conference, the
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to join him in researching and "civilising" the continent. In 1878, the
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of 1895–1896 but fell to Italian occupation in 1936 defeat during the
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once and for all". Before he died in 1873, Christian missionary,
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sent its own explorers to Africa. In 1881, French naval officer
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were overrun by the French in several wars by the beginning of
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that demanded the Portuguese withdraw from the disputed area.
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Some have argued the conference central to imperialism.
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Index

Berlin Conference (disambiguation)

Die Gartenlaube

Illustrirte Zeitung
adjournment
colonization
New Imperialism
Otto von Bismarck
chancellor of Germany
Leopold II of Belgium
Scramble for Africa
Wm. Roger Louis
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Denmark
Netherlands
Sweden-Norway
Ottoman Empire
United States

Leopold II
ivory
luxury goods
Leopold II of Belgium
International African Association
Henry Morton Stanley
International Congo Society
imperialistic
Congo Free State

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