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The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference, established formalized agreements for European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany’s sudden emergence as an imperial power. The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany. Its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa; The conference contrib