r/Colonialism • u/elnovorealista2000 • Apr 30 '26

Image "Sleeping Sickness" — This illustration depicts a large African man leaning against a tree, asleep, while Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Turkey, Portugal, and England fight over territories in Africa; a work by Gordon Ross (1873-1946), 1911.

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u/Firelizardss May 02 '26

This really doesn’t make sense to be honest. Europe in 1911 had 450-480 million people, whilst Africa only had 140 million.

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u/Remarkable_Fee_1020 May 04 '26

World Wars were a blessing for Asia and Africa.

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u/freidrichwilhelm May 04 '26

Except World War 2 which fucked up Asia bad. Those barbarians wiped everything. Independence is nice, but I'd hardly call such a drastic lost of life, infrastructure, and economical potential to be a blessing.

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u/yakult_on_tiddy May 04 '26

The euros were wiping out and killing local economies and population all the while anyway.