November 15, 2024 - Anti-colonialist activists tore down a statue of Otto von Bismarck in Frankfurt, Germany, and covered it in anti-colonialist graffiti. The toppling came on the 140th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Conference, known as the Kongokonferenz in German, which is seen as emblematic of Europe’s 19th century colonisation of Africa. The Berlin Conference was organised by von Bismarck in 1884 at the request of Belgian King Leopold II, and is seen by historians as formalising how European powers would manage the conquest of Africa. [article]
reminds me of my favorite ever
statue of josephine placed in martinique [where she grew up as the daughter of family wealthy from sugarcane plantations] by napoleon iii, beheaded and with red paint thrown on it
