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African territory before the partition of Africa
In the 1870 at the begging of the scrabble for Africa there were only a few countries that had invested in Africa and thoughts were: the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Dutch, the English, the French, the Danish and the Turkish. But the mostly where in the coastal religions there were no colonies very far inland -
African territory after the partition of Africa
In 1910 the colonization had grown and many more countries had invested in colonizing Africa and there now was almost no place in Africa that wasn't colonized and some of the countries that got in on the scramble for Africa were; the Germans, the Italians, the Belgians and Ottoman but there were a few that dropped out and they were;the danish, the dutch and the turkish -
Distribution of African Languages
In 1881 the Scramble for Africa starts when Europe invades Africa and started to colonize. During this time Africa and its countries began to speak the European languages. In 1914 the colonization stops, however by this time most of the continent had already started to speak European languages. Now most Africans speak Arabic. The number of people who speak these languages is high in the educated population, and most spoken within the upper classes, while less spoken in the lower classes. -
Bibliography
"African Languages by Countries :: Official and National Languages of Africa - Nations Online Project." Guide to the Countries of the World :: Nations Online Project. Web. 22 Jan. 2012. World History for the Relaxed Historian. Web. 22 Jan. 2012. "Map of the Distribution of African Languages - Nations Online Project." Guide to the Countries of the World :: Nations Online Project. Web. 22 Jan. 2012. -
Current Africa
Currently Africa has a large amount of natural resources however it’s still the poorest and least developed continent on the world. It is said to have a high illiteracy rate, a high crime rate, a corrupt government, as well has many major conflicts between the tribes and military. However it has one of the richest cultures, and a large variety of different customs, religions, ceremonies and rituals.
