The Berlin congress in 1885. and partition of Africa

U ovom radu autor stavlja naglasak na imperijalno širenje europskih država i podjelu afričkog kontinenta u posljednjih dvadeset godina 19. stoljeća. Najprije se prikazuje stanje u Africi prije Berlinske konferencije 1885. godine. Do tada su manji dijelovi Afrike bili pod kolonijalnom upravom, uglavnom obalna područja. Na Berlinskom kongresu, koji je središnji dio rada, europske sile dogovorile su slobodu trgovine i plovidbe duž rijeka Kongo i Niger, a najvažnija stavka bila je mogućnost okupacije i pripajanja određenog prostora Afrike, ukoliko ostale države odobre taj pothvat. Zatim se prikazuje stanje u Africi do kraja stoljeća kada zapravo započinje prava podjela i zauzimanje gotovo cijelog kontinenta.In this paper author highlights the imperial spreading of european countries and the division of african continent in the last twenty years of the 19th century. The first thing that is shown is the state in Africa before Berlin conference in 1885. Until than, smaller parts of Africa were under the colonial regime, that being mostly areas on the coast. On the Berlin congress, which is the central part of the paper, european countries agreed on free market and sail on the rivers Congo and Niger, and the most imporatant decision was the possibility of occupation and annexation of certain areas in Africa, if other countries authorized that venture. Then, the state of Africa until the end of the century is shown, when the real divison and occupation of almost the entire continent begin