markwyner, On this final day of Black History Month I’d like to share about the origin of African countries.
The “Scramble for Africa” was the invasion, annexation, division, and colonization of most of Africa by seven Western European powers between 1870 and 1914.
Yeah. Colonizers literally drew the African map.
Omali Yeshitela speech about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5darwG1fNIYThe scramble:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_AfricaEvolution of maps:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2012/oct/02/africa-maps-history