scramble for africa

Hello everyone. In looking for ways to potentially avoid the Scramble for Africa, which I think most of us can agree was an unmitigated disaster for the most part, I read through several past threads on this site...

How would the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 be different if Bismarck was still Chancellor of Germany? I read that he hated the out come of the agreements and apparently he said, "We traded trousers for a button". How would the map of Africa change if it would change at all?

Being one of two African nations to have avoid being colonized during the scramble for Africa and being the only African nation to successfully fend of a European invasion Ethiopia had the best shot in Africa of becoming an industrial power. Your challenge is to have Ethiopia industrialize and...

I came up with this idea for my TL I'm trying to piece together and thought it would be cool to how different things would if a few African States stayed independent besides just two countries. For the Boer Republics I'm obviously referring to Transvaal and the Orange Free State, Madagascar is...

Correct me if I'm wrong but France, initially France didn't want Morocco in the Berlin Conference. Since Italy had colonial dreams in North Africa to "Reinstitute the Roman Empire" why didn't Italy get Morocco instead of Libya? France could still get Algeria and Tunisia, UK gets Egypt, Italy...

I'm not sure if this is true or not, but apparently, the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway was the next country to get the Congo had Belgium not gotten it. Let's say that in an alternate timeline that Belgium's claim to the Congo is declined at the Berlin Conference by the other countries...

So as we know, between 1612 and 1872, The Netherlands had a colony in West Africa, called the Dutch Gold Coast. In 1872, they sold this colony to Britain. But what if this never happened. What if the Gold Coast remained Dutch? Would The Netherlands participate in the Scramble for Africa and...

If The Netherlands manage to keep the Cape Colony in a 1815-POD, will World War I still happen?

Let's say that the Belgian Revolution of 1830 fails and the areas of IOTL Belgium remain part of the Netherlands to this day. Fast forward to the 1880s and the Scramble for Africa gets under way. Without Belgium's King Leopold II to claim the Congo as his personal property, which European...

Alright, this title is an oxymoron, but hear me out. In OTL, the Scramble for Africa was the large-scale colonization by Europeans, where they met in the Berlin Conference, which finalized European colonization and trade in Africa, and is usually referred to as the starting point of the...

What if some issue in Scramble for africa sparked WW1? What were the alliances then ? Was Germany industrialized enough to fight the war ?

If we assume that Britain got very drunk or somehow was otherwise convinced to accept the Flahaut Plan, thus dividing Belgium up into pieces, what could we reasonably expect to befall Africa, if there's no Berlin Conference due to King Leopold deciding to own the single biggest region in Africa...

In the 19th Century, the European Powers held the Berlin Conference, which divided the continent of Africa, between themselves. When people think about Imperialism and Colonialism, they think of economic exploitation of the land and it's native people. While that statement is true and there's no...

What if the Dutch got back all there pre-1795 colony’s after the Napoleonic Wars? In OTL, the Dutch lost the Cape Colony, Ceylon, some cities in India and some land around Suriname (Guyana). But what if in an alternate timeline, they got back all these colony’s. What are the effects from this...

Basically, how crucial was the Berlin Conference in shaping the scramble as we know it? How different would the Scramble for Africa be without the Berlin Conference? Would the Europeans have kept their "Informal Empire" and not colonize it directly , would they colonize Africa more slowly or...

My interest in learning about colonial empires actually dates back a few years where I did a research paper about the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. And I'm currently working on a timeline and approaching the time of the Scramble for Africa in OTL. Anyway, in a scenario (such as mine)...

the late 1800s were incredibly rough for Spain, especially due to the Civil War in 1833, which saw King Carlos V rise to power and attempt to bring back absolute monarchy. While this failed, he did still have incredible power over the affairs of the country. To legitimize his rule and help...

As the title says. How could it happen? What lands could Greece claim (or maybe buy from other powers)? How do you think the Greek colonial administration would look like compared to the other European powers of the day?

Your challenge is to have Denmark and the Netherlands be involved in the Scramble for Africa.

Challenge: countries (Minor or major) gets a small or large chunk of Africa, no matter of how implausible it is. List of Countries to join: Netherlands Sweden-Norway Austria-Hungary Romania Greece USA Denmark Russian Empire And now for the crazier ones: Qing Dynasty Japanese Empire...