The Berlin Conference: How Africa Was Partitioned — Fexingo History
Subscribe in ParasocialFree on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Mac. No subscription. Once it is installed, tap this link again and the show is yours. Already have it? Open in Parasocial.
About
In 1884-85, European powers convened in Berlin to carve up Africa without a single African present. This show examines the Berlin Conference as the catalyst for the Scramble for Africa — a brutal division that redrew the continent's political map, imposed colonial rule, and set the stage for a century of exploitation, resistance, and enduring trauma. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the conference's key figures like Otto von Bismarck and King Leopold II of Belgium, whose personal ambitions turned the Congo into a private horror. They explore the 'General Act' that established 'effective occupation' as the legal pretext for colonization, th...
Also on
Recent episodes
- The Berlin Conference Mapmakers Who Erased Africa
- The Berlin Conference's Silent Victims: African Diplomats
- The Berlin Conference and the Ewe People's Divided Home
- The Berlin Conference and the Ewe People's Divided Home
- The Berlin Conference's Forgotten Cartographer
- The Berlin Conference and the Ewe People's Divided Home
- Berlin Conference's Secret Mapmakers
- The Berlin Conference and the Congo's Rubber Terror
- The Berlin Conference and the Ewe People's Divided Home
- The Berlin Conference and the Benin Bronzes