Podcast: The Berlin Conference
Today's episode of the Black History Unveiled podcast is about an incredibly impactful moment in world history – one that reshaped not only the African continent but also the Western world. It influenced the development of modern Europe and the formation of Black diasporas across the globe.
Today's episode is about the Berlin Conference: perhaps one of the most famous events in the West tied to Africa – yet also one of the most misunderstood.
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Further reading:
Books:
Africa and the Victorians: The Official Mind of Imperialism by Ronald Robinson, John Andrew Gallagher and Alice Denny (1961)
The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912by Thomas Pakenham (1991)
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (2001)
Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law by Antony Anghie (2005)
The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor by Martin Meredith (2014)
The Scramble for Africa by Muriel Evelyn Chamberlain (2014)
Scholarly articles:
"Heritage of Strife: The Effects of Colonialist "Divide and Rule" Strategy upon the Colonized Peoples" by Richard Morrock in Science & Society (vol. 37, nr. 2, 1973)
"Reflections on the Berlin West Africa Conference, 1884-1885" by G. N. Uzoigwe in Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria (vol. 12, nr. 3/4, December 1984-June 1985)
"Review: 'Blundering and Plundering': The Scramble for Africa Relived" by A.G. Hopkins in The Journal of African History (vol. 34, nr. 3, 1993)
"Colonial Style and Post-Colonial Ethnic Conflict in Africa" av Robert Blanton, T. David Mason and Brian Athow in Journal of Peace Research (vol. 38, nr. 4, 2001)
"Sweden-Norway at the Berlin Conference 1884–85: History, National Identity-making and Sweden’s Relations with Africa” by David Nilsson in Current African Issues (nr. 53, 2013)
"Between Law and History: The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 and the Logic of Free Trade" by Matthew Craven in London Review of International Law (vol. 3, nr. 1, 2015)
Other:
”General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885”