“By 1885 all the major powers of Europe were persuaded. The Berlin Treaty they signed that year set down principles whereby, with minimum friction, these rival powers could conquer and divide up Africa. With full support from their respective national governments, with each in fear of losing choice lands to the others, the companies of European adventurers quickened the tempo of their invasion. Less than twenty years after the Berlin Treaty was signed, some European power had planted a proprietary presence on every piece of Africa. Only Ethiopia and Liberia escaped.” Chinweizu “The West and the Rest of Us: White Predators, Black Slavers and the African Elite” Page 41
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