1884 Berlin Conference divided African continent Advocates say decisions made then still have impact today Delegates at reinvented Berlin event call for reparations Nov 15 (Reuters) - Activists, ...
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In November 1884, diplomats from Europe and America gathered in Berlin to divide the African continent amongst themselves.
Described by one scholar on its centenary as “perhaps the greatest historical movement of modern times”, the Berlin Conference West Africa Conference began shortly after noon on 15 November 1884.
On June 12, 2025, we gathered at Vaal University of Technology (VUT) not just to honour the towering legacy of Walter Sisulu, whose birthday was on May 18, 1912– a revolutionary, a father of our ...
Activists, artists and academics brought together by German cultural project Dekoloniale gathered in Berlin on Friday, 140 years after European leaders divided up the African continent between them, ...