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Scramble for Africa

1880s–1900s Western European colonisation of Africa
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Scramble for Africa
Edward Linley Sambourne · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Scramble for Africa is a partition[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of partition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,996 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: colonisation of Africa[3]
  • Commons category: Scramble for Africa[4]
  • Start time: 1885[5]
  • End time: 1914[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scramble for Africa[7]
  • Facet of: colonization[8], colonisation of Africa[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Campaignbox Scramble for Africa[10]
  • Contributing factor of: World War I[11]
  • Different from: Western imperialism in Asia[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

Scramble for Africa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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