When Europe Sliced Africa: A Poetic Reflection

Over a century later, the scars of the 1884–85 Berlin Conference still run deep. This poem invites us to “buy history” and witness how Africa was carved apart like a juicy mango. “Come buy history! Come buy history,” the narrator cries as he searches for the knife that redrew borders without regard for cultures, rivers, or the will of the people. The verses expose the arrogance of emperors who claimed lands not their own. They mourn kingdoms laid under one flag only to wake under another, their voices twisted by foreign tongues. These bleeding scars in the continent’s soul insist on a millennium of healing.

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