Check out this dreadful map created during colonial times: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/87yjqk/colonizability_of_africa_in_1899_by_sir_harry/?st=JFCDQTU9&sh=59b0dea8Read its legend and shudder!
It's not even the racism that is the worst with this map... The worst is its complete callousness in regarding the Native Africans as little more than indigenous fauna to be exploited or replaced. It's apparently from a book published in 1899 called "A history of the colonization of Africa by alien races" by Harry Johnston. You can read the whole thing here: https://en.calameo.com/read/0000368778115b07677afI have skimmed it a bit through, focusing on the parts that I happen to know something about (Dutch South Africa), and -despite its horrible angle and subjectivity- it seems relatively correct in sketching historical developments, albeit superficially so. I think the point of the book is to give an overview of how Africa developed as "alien races" invaded and settled it to give an indication on how it could be colonized by Europeans. Also, check out this excerpt from the book in order to really understand its callous racism:
It's not even the racism that is the worst with this map... The worst is its complete callousness in regarding the Native Africans as little more than indigenous fauna to be exploited or replaced. It's apparently from a book published in 1899 called "A history of the colonization of Africa by alien races" by Harry Johnston. You can read the whole thing here: https://en.calameo.com/read/0000368778115b07677af I have skimmed it a bit through, focusing on the parts that I happen to know something about (Dutch South Africa), and -despite its horrible angle and subjectivity- it seems relatively correct in sketching historical developments, albeit superficially so. I think the point of the book is to give an overview of how Africa developed as "alien races" invaded and settled it to give an indication on how it could be colonized by Europeans. Also, check out this excerpt from the book in order to really understand its callous racism:
I've never seen that level or racism or bigotry in something as seemingly harmless as a map before. That's crazy. Where was this from?