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How Europe Divided the World: The Berlin Conference
In Episode 248, we return to the grand halls of Europe to examine the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference, where Otto von Bismarck gathered thirteen nations and forty representatives to redraw the map of Africa without a single African voice present. This episode moves beyond the standard narrative of 'the Scramble' to explore the specific legal frameworks that legitimized colonization, particularly the General Act’s principle of Effective Occupation. We discuss how this doctrine forced European powers to establish physical administrative control rather than just claiming territory on…
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