who knows anything about European exploration and conquest of Africa?

Answer 1

Frantz Fanon used to know a lot about it, but he's dead.

Anything *specific* you wanted to know?

Answer 2

European conquest of Africa all began with the slave trade. European colonial powers needed workers for their American colonies, and they went to Africa, where governments were nonexistent or very unstable. This began in the 1600s and continued on well into the 1700s. Then, the Europeans naturally wanted to explore more of Africa than the northwest coast (which is where the slaves came from), and they did just this. Countries such as France, Britain, Germany, Spain, and Portugal staked out claims in Africa with hopes that Africa would provide them with the same wealth that the Americas would. They built ports, towns, forts, etc, and tried to conquer the African people. They justified this by saying that they were going to convert and modernize them to improve their culture. They didn't really do this; more death happened than conversion, but they did leave a lasting mark in Africa that lasts until this day.
It was after WWII that Africa became completely free from European dominance, when Europe, b/c of the war, could no longer afford to maintain these colonies. They were never very profitable in the first place.

Hope that works.