European exploration of Africa

Hi kiddo! Today, I'm going to tell you about a very important time in history when people from Europe traveled all the way to Africa to explore it.

Long, long ago, people from Europe wanted to find new lands to explore and trade with. They had heard about Africa and all of the interesting things that were there, like gold and spices. They wanted to go there and see it for themselves.

When the Europeans first arrived in Africa, they got a lot of help from the local people. The Africans showed them where to find water and helped them trade with other people. The Europeans were very grateful for this.

However, over time things started to change. Some Europeans wanted to take over Africa and control the land and resources. They started to force the African people to work for them and take their resources without giving anything back. This was not a good thing and caused a lot of suffering for the African people.

Eventually, the countries in Europe began to divide up Africa and claim it as their own. This is what we call "colonization". They built settlements in Africa and made the African people work for them. This was a very unfair and hurtful thing to do.

Unfortunately, this period of European exploration and colonization had a lot of negative effects on Africa. It caused a lot of pain and suffering for the African people, and many of them lost their land and resources. But we can learn from this history and make sure that we treat others with fairness and kindness.