Question

In the image, what is the continent represented as? Why do you think the cartoonist represented the African continent this way?

Answer 1

In this cartoon, Africa is represented as a cake, which is being cut and distributed by the European powers. This refers to the Scramble for Africa, in which during the second half of the 1800s the European powers began to establish colonies and dispute territories in Africa, mainly due to the emancipation of the American nations, which left many European nations without production of raw materials. These disputes were settled during 1884 and 1885 at the Berlin Conference, in which all Africa, with the exception of Liberia and Ethiopia, was distributed among the European nations, which established colonies in the assigned territories.