“It would never do, to renew the colonial experience gained in the sixteenth century, when Colonies were brought to ruin by those who pretended to fix in Europe, from a purely metropolitan point of view, their financial and administrative existence.” ColonialismAfricaBerlin ConferenceScramble For AfricaFrench Colonial Empire Book:Acte général de la conférence de Berlin de 1885 Source: Acte général de la conférence de Berlin de 1885