Africanist (Spain)

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Africanists (Spanish: Africanistas) were the people who encouraged a strong colonial involvement of Spain in Northwest Africa, particularly during the early 20th century. Although Spain had been present in continental Africa for centuries, it was not until the arrival of New Imperialism and the Berlin Conference in 1884 that the colonial power set its interests on African soil. Africanism (Spanish: Africanismo) emerged mainly from the loss of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and various other islands in 1898 as a consequence of the Spanish–American War. Africanists sought to compensate for these losses by consolidating their possessions in Northwest Africa. Spain's colonization efforts in Africa were smaller when compared to other European colonizers, even after losing their colonies in the Americas and Pacific, because there was a lack of public support to re-establish Spain as an empire. Spain's economy recovered quickly after the loss of their colonies during the Spanish-American...

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