Adekeye Adebajo
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/ 23 May 2008

Reversing the curse of Berlin

”Africa suffers from a curse, invoked in Europe. The Berlin conference of 1884 to 1885 carved Africa up into territories that reflected the compromises of European imperialists rather than the interests of African populations.” Africa is still haunted by border designs concocted at a conference in 19th-century Europe, writes Adekeye Adebajo.