The scramble for africa

The main countries that fought over the land of Africa were Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Germany, and Belgium. These countries fought over Africa's vast resources like diamonds, gold, silver, rubber trees, ivory, wood, salt, and other materials. They were able take over Africa with the invention of the machine gun and the cure for malaria. The Europeans made many borders which confused the Africans by separating the friendly tribes and putting them together with their rival tribes.