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Motivations For European Imperialism In Africa

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What was the motivation for European countries to bring imperialism to Africa? Well the same thing that motivate any human …. money, power and religion also in this particular case social Darwinism and Nationalism.

The main motivations for imperialism in Africa that I am going to talk about are social Darwinism, the economic reasons for imperialism and Nationalism.

Social Darwinism is the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. It was mainly used to justify imperialism in Africa.

Social Darwinists argued that individuals and groups, just like plants and animals, competed with one another for success in life.

It is the “survival of the fittest” and
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