books.google.com - Volume VI of The Cambridge History of Africa covers the period 1870-1905, when the European powers (Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Italy) divided the continent into colonial territories and vied with each other for control over vast tracts of land and valuable mineral resources. At the same time,...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Cambridge_History_of_Africa.html?id=8DSa_viBgsgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Cambridge History of Africa