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“In all the long annals of Imperialism, the partition of Africa is a remarkable freak.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2009
  • Imperialism and Colonialism

Calling the partition of Africa a "freak" points not to its results, which fit familiar imperial patterns, but to the manner of its execution — a conquest unlike any other in speed, sequence, and character.

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  • An Unprecedented Speed
  • Conquest Without Prior Contact
  • Boundaries Drawn Without Reference to Africa
  • Peaceful Among Europeans, Violent for Africans

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