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Colonialism
(1876-1956)
Colonialism the control by one power over a
dependent people. To colonize is to posses something that may or may
not belong to you by power or force.
The colonization of the African continent by the
Europeans marked the beginning of their expansion outside
their continental boundaries.
The European attempts to colonize various parts of Africa certainly
predate the late nineteenth century. In 1415 a Portuguese fleet and
army conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta.
In 1575 Paulo Dias de Novães founded the
Portuguese colony of Angola in Loango through which Portugal
funneled much of its trade with west central Africa. In 1652 the
Dutch built a fort near the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
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