An amateur comedy of the partition of Africa

Racisme et Histoire: Le Tabou posts a video of a comic amateur representation of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 [Fr], which partitioned Africa among the major European powers.  “This absurd cutting up [of Africa] does not reflect the reality and the diversity of the African people.  The challenge is enormous.  Without national coherence, how can democracy be put in place?”

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