Why borders of Africa straight? 🤔

[History_archive-wx]

The european colonists back then: pass me the ruler 👨🏻‍💼📏

[derspieler]

It has been 50-60 Years since most african countrys got independence, if they wanted border changes they could of cooperated but they didnt.

[i_rust]

"Straight as if they were drawn with ruler."
Meanwhile in Europe 1700s:

[TwinsInVancouver]

European definitely knows the geography of the region not the cultural region which is the big problem of drawing random lines tho

[Moai_rocc]

Look at the west US. It’s not due to negligence

It’s just because there sometimes isn’t geographical features to make borders out of

[Helln-toqo]

They couldnt even conceive their own borders. Lol.

[ClockBestEvent]

What is the name of the piece playing in the background

[JIopemUncym]

Local who? I condemn "colonization" of Africa, but the whole continent had like a couple proper states before the European conquest

[nezz]

Borders in Africa are straight lines only where there is a desert (Sahara, Somalia, Namibia) because in the desert there are no mountains and rivers to draw borders. Other borders in Africa are normal.

[TicTacSoda]

So quite literally they drew it with a ruler

[reccocon]

The knowledge this channel contained should be taught in elementary schools -In US

[АлександърПърванов-ця]

Well most of the straight lines run through desert so it doesn't matter much if its straight or not

[harshag]

Fake video,
there's the Sahara desert . So it doesn't matter the exact location of borders.

[blobanimatesb]

Oohhh. So europeans were supposed to base it off of nonexistent rivers, mountains and ect.
Ohhh, so africa was supposed to be balkanized and made anarchist and chaotic, only to be recolonized sinze there wasnt war 24/7 back then

[foxypiratecove]

Bro really thought there where mountains and rivers in the Sahara desert 💀

[YasinYaman]

Lets do the video word by word start here:
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