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How the Berlin Conference ignited the Scramble for Africa

The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 established a framework for European partition of Africa, accelerating the Scramble for Africa and resulting in nearly complete European control of the continent by 1914.
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fromColossal
4 months ago

Antique Writing Desks Converge with African Masks in Sonia E. Barrett's Sculptures

Sonia E. Barrett converts reclaimed Edwardian portable desks into mask-like sculptures confronting European colonial archives and legacies of the Scramble for Africa and slave trade.
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