African Colonies after the Berlin Conference of 1884

On November 15th, 1884, about a dozen European nations gathered in Berlin to divide up the African continent. The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz) or West Africa Conference (Westafrika-Konferenz), regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.