The document summarizes the imperialization of Sub-Saharan Africa in the late 19th century. European powers scrambled to colonize Africa due to economic, political, and military motivations. Explorers like David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley helped Europeans learn about Africa's natural resources and potential for trade. King Leopold II of Belgium established a private colony in the Congo through treaties negotiated by Stanley. The Berlin Conference formally divided African territories among European nations. France and Britain competed for control of the Nile River, and Britain defeated the Boers to gain control of South African land and its resources.