What cultural and political factors within Africa played into the hands of the Europeans?

I contend that we [Britons] are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race. . . . It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the most human, most honourable race the world possesses.
CECIL RHODES

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What cultural and political factors within Africa played into the hands of the Europeans?

I contend that we [Britons] are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race. . . . It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the most human, most honourable race the world possesses.
CECIL RHODES

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@Isry

Isry · Answer

Many of the African nations were not united they were still divided into tribes so they could easily be defeated by the professional armies of the Europeans.