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The '''Scramble for Africa''' was the period between the [[1880s]] and the start of [[World War I]], when colonial empires in Africa were acquired faster than anywhere else on the globe. It is the canonical example of the [[New Imperialism]].

The latter half of 19th century saw the transition from an "informal" empire of control through economic dominance to direct control, marked from the 1980s1870s on by the scramble for territory in areas previously regarded as under influence. The [[Berlin Conference]] regulated the imperial competition between [[Britain]], [[France]] and [[Germany]], defining "effective occupation" as the criterion for international recognition of colonial claims and codifying the imposition of direct rule, accomplished usually through armed force.

''For information on the colonization of Africa prior to the [[1880s]], including Carthaginian and early European colonization, see [[Colonization of Africa]].''