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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... King Kofi , and put Kumasi to the torch . However , the Ashanti were not yet ready to submit . There followed ... King Toffa of Porto - Novo was in effect a vassal of the king of Abomey , or at least was considered as such by that king ...
... king . That move began in November 1889 , when the French government sent the famous explorer Dr. Jean Bayol on a diplomatic mission to King Glegle . The doctor was to persuade the king to stop the human sacrifices , to put an end to ...
... king let Lugard know that he did not wish to receive him before he had been sent a present . Lugard demurred and a ... king , nor was the treaty signed by the king ; it bore the signature of the imam and of a " minister " who bore the ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |