In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Berlin Conference of 1884-85, where European powers carved up Africa without a single African present. They discuss Otto von Bismarck's role as host, the General Act's Principle of Effective Occupation, the partitioning of the Congo under King Leopold II, and the conference's lasting legacy of arbitrary borders and colonial exploitation. They also touch on the roles of figures like Henry Morton Stanley and Frederick Lugard, and the development of the Maxim gun as a tool of conquest. The episode offers a concise look at how a small group of European diplomats redrew the map of an entire continent in just a few months.
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