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Hundred Years after the Berlin Conference 1884/85

Hundred Years after the Berlin Conference 1884/85 84 Hundred Years after the Berlin Conference 1884/85 FRANS J. VERSTRAELEN The Berlin Conference on the Congo, which took place from November 15, 1884 till February 26, 1885 had outcome not only in the partition of Africa but also in a precarious division of power in Europe. The divide et impera principle meant in the first place the physical, political, administrative and military control of the Western powers over the people of the rest of the world, in particular of Africa. The Conference was attended by 14 states, including Turkey and the United States. It was a Conference about and without Africans. Till the middle of the nineteenth century Africa was terra incognita, that gradually was 'discovered' through the travels of Barth, Schwein- furth, Burton and Mungo Park, Speke, Grant, Baker, Livingstone and others. The latter 'discovered' e.g. the Victoria waterfalls (at the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia), that were already known to the local people for ages as rrrusi-o-tunya = the smoke that thunders. These 'discovering' travels were initially rather seen as contributing to scientific knowledge and information about unknown territory and its peoples. Soon economic use and gain took precedence. The Berlin Conference meant also the rendez-vous http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Hundred Years after the Berlin Conference 1884/85

Verstraelen, Frans J.
Mission Studies , Volume 1 (1): 3 – Jan 1, 1984
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84 Hundred Years after the Berlin Conference 1884/85 FRANS J. VERSTRAELEN The Berlin Conference on the Congo, which took place from November 15, 1884 till February 26, 1885 had outcome not only in the partition of Africa but also in a precarious division of power in Europe. The divide et impera principle meant in the first place the physical, political, administrative and military control of the Western powers over the people of the rest of the world, in particular of Africa. The Conference was attended by 14 states, including Turkey and the United States. It was a Conference about and without Africans. Till the middle of the nineteenth century Africa was terra incognita, that gradually was 'discovered' through the travels of Barth, Schwein- furth, Burton and Mungo Park, Speke, Grant, Baker, Livingstone and others. The latter 'discovered' e.g. the Victoria waterfalls (at the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia), that were already known to the local people for ages as rrrusi-o-tunya = the smoke that thunders. These 'discovering' travels were initially rather seen as contributing to scientific knowledge and information about unknown territory and its peoples. Soon economic use and gain took precedence. The Berlin Conference meant also the rendez-vous

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