JAMB - History (2019 - No. 32)
All except one of the following motivated the scramble for Africa
the justification that the Western Powers have the responsibilities to civilise the Non-Western Countries
an avenue for em-broadening foreign relations with Africa
the need to boost the Western Economies
that the colonies would gain access to superior European goods and influence
Erläuterung
The imperialists were for every other reasons interested in Africa, except that they thought of it as an avenue to smoothen foreign relations with African States.