Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley's exploration of the Congo and Gordon's death in Khartoum are just two examples. |
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... Rhodes died during the Boer War , before his great aim , the subjection of the Boer republics , had been achieved . A man like Rhodes was bound to give rise to legend , adulation and denunciation . His was an exceptional personality ...
... Rhodes's plans for Matabeleland were first presented in the Times on 11 November 1885.81 Rhodes urged the British government to reach an agreement with Lobengula and to establish a British protec- torate over Matabeleland . The British ...
... Rhodes Butler , J. , " Cecil Rhodes , " International Journal of African Historical Studies 10 ( 1977 ) 259-281 . Flint , J. , Cecil Rhodes ( London 1976 ) . Galbraith , J.S. , " Cecil Rhodes and his ' Cosmic Dreams ' : A reassessment ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |