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“Imperialism refers to an imbalance of power in the politicalsphere, usually among nations. It happens when a stronger nationtakes over a weaker one and seeks to gain control of its people,economy and culture.”

When you look at the effects on Africa, it is hard to believethat there was a benefit for its native people. When countries withovercrowding sent their citizens to Africa to colonize, theultimately imposed their religion, culture and social norms on thenative people. While some may say that the colonies development ledto more structure it took away the rights of the African people andthey were left with little control over their lives.
Countries with overcrowding and limited resources for theircitizens moved large numbers of them to Africa, spreading theirreligion, education, social norms and cultures to that continent.African lands were divided into bureaucratic systems run throughindirect rule. While this led to more structure, it left Europeansdictating all aspects of Africans' lives and left very little totheir control.
The exploitation of natural resources was another negative effectof the colonization of Africa. In an effort to compete with othernations for economic dominance ( ), European nations expanded theircontrol over African colonies. Local governments were controlled bythe Europeans leading to a subordinate group of native people.

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