Which factor most contributed to african countries failure to resist european imperialism during the scramble for africa?

Africans lacked the advanced military technologies that the Europeans had, such as machineguns and advanced steel works.
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A.(African countries had been economically devastated by the Atlantic slave trade) APEX

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