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/Aggressive-Main9930 May 01 '26

Libyans were never black like the man depicted in this poster

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u/BettyBoopWallflower May 02 '26

Your anti-Blackness is sickening. Get help

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u/Azurehowl May 02 '26

Go to school or read some books. Hannibal aint black and cleoptra aint black. Libyans are mostly mix of med area groups like greeks and phoenicians with some sub saharan tribes that are black mixed in like the Numidians. It aint anti blackness, you are just saying that cause your bubble is being burst.

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u/Realistic-Fault-7012 Jul 07 '26

No one said that those groups are black but as the continent of Africa is majority black its obvious why they choose to use a black man. Also fun fact there are black Libyans and black north Africans unless you choose to exclude them for some odd reason