Background Research - The Scramble for Africa - Seminar Studies - M. E. Chamberlain

I read this book over the summer of 2011. The fact it was written being aimed at undergraduate students suggested to me that it would go in depth into how, when and why the Europeans colonised Africa and this proved to be the case. It looked at the colonisation and scramble for the continent from the viewpoints of Europeans, Africans and also from a balanced perspective. However the book looks at understanding and detailing the actual "event" of the scramble and doesn't go into enough depth of all of the long term impacts this had on Africa, and I will need to find resources which cover a wider length of time and come to a conclusion regarding the impact of Europeans; alternatively I will need to compile information from a wider range of resources which cover the length of time needed and the impacts seen in modern-day African society.