The Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa
ISBN: 9780349104492
Publication Date: 23 November 1992

In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civilization' and Conquest.

The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history.

About the Author

Thomas Pakenham is the author of The Mountains Of Rasselas, The Year Of Liberty and The Boer War. He divides his time between a terraced house In North Kensington, London and a crumbling castle in Ireland. He is married to the writer Valerie Pakenham and they have four children.