After the German and Ottoman empires fell following World War I, a map closer ... idea that the Berlin Conference was a seminal event in the European partition of Africa.” Paine, and many ...

Analysis - Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, ...

Although he was from Europe, he organised the 1884 Berlin Conference during which Africa was divided between several European nations. There is no one from Africa at the table. African kingdoms ...

This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent.