<span>Ghana was mostly animists, and Mali had a Muslim-following leadership.
Most of the citizens in the emperor of Ghana believed that all inanimate objects has a form of souls that live within it, which could cause curse/good lucks for the people around it. The citizens of Mali on the other hand, believe in the Muslim teachings due to their trade relations with people in the middle east.</span>
It allowed Germany to focus on the resistance
It lead to that because the U.S. chose to be imperialistic and take over smaller regions with people who didn't have a chance like Hawaii's Quenn Liliuokalani.
Answer: Before the Berlin Conference, there were 2 main territories controlled by European powers, those being:
- The Congo Free State.
- Cape Colony.
The rest of the territories (about 80% of it) were controlled by Africa´s native tribes.
Some of the biggest independent territories were Soudan, Algeria and Egypt.