European powers, such as Britain, France and Germany were the main imperialist powers in Africa during the late 1800s. All of these countries were in a constant struggle to become the most powerful, to have the most riches, and control over high abundances of the natural resources of Africa.

Not only did these Europeans cause great destruction to the Africans of that time, they also shattered the freedom of Africans to come later. This first imperialism led the way for a form of government known as Apartheid. The apartheid rule cataloged the people of Africa according to three racial groups. These groups, in order descending from most powerful to least were the whites, black Africans, and the people of mixed decent. These laws controlled every aspect of life in Africa, and gave a small group of white almost total power of the majority of Africans. This started from the imperialistic roots, and was in control until very recently.

This takeover of the land led to many wars fought by the tribes and Europeans, which then showed the way for the slaughter of thousands of African natives. Many tribes were de

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