A major motivation for colonization of the continent of Africa was the lucrative opportunities in the slave trade there.

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The major motivations for the colonization of Africa were primarily the desire for economic exploitation of resources, strategic control, and the spread of European ideologies and religions, rather than the slave trade, which was already being phased out by the time of the "Scramble for Africa" in the late 19th century.

A Major Motivation for Colonization of the Continent of Africa