LIngqungquthela yakhe yaseBerlin, eyayibanjwe kusukela ngoNovemba 1884 kuya kuFebhuwari 1885, yayihlelwe nguShansela uBismarck ngenhloso yokubeka imithetho eyayizobusa ukoloniyali e-Afrika. AmaBrithani, amaFrance, amaJalimane, abaseBelgium, amaPutukezi, amaNtaliyane angena ngaphakathi e-Afrika, okwabelwana ngakho ngabaseYurophu eminyakeni engaphansi kweshumi nanhlanu, ngenxa yezimpi ezilwa nemibuso yase-Afrika eyagcina ihluliwe ...
Ukuhlukaniswa kwe-balkanization kwe-Afrika kwenziwa ngokwedelela abantu, amasiko nezilimi ngokwehlukaniswa ngamandla kwe-colonial. Kwenziwa ngenkani amakoloni: Kwabekwa inkolo entsha, kwamiswa ulimi olusha, kwamiswa isiko elisha ... Ubunjalo babantu base-Afrika buhlakazeka kancane kancane, kuze kube sezingeni lokuthi abazinikelanga. Akhawunti futhi babekezelela it.