The Berlin Conference of 1884 - 85 was a meeting held in Berlin between European Nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization. It was unfair to the Africans in the following ways:
- There was no consent from the Africans, and they were not consulted in any way.
- It banned the slave trade in name only. Slavery was rife particularly in Belgian controlled Congo.
- European powers ended up exploiting the African colonies economically, in the name of civilizing them, and let go often only after armed freedom struggles by the Africans.
