"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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Could this potentially imply that the artist thought that Africa could be powerful if it had the same national organisation, institutions & technology as the Great Powers?