The Scramble for Africa [1] in particular and the general European race for colonies, after the Berlin Conference of 1884 [2] etc, can be seen to have ultimately culminated in World War I. But could it be argued that the Portuguese-British dispute over Africa, led to the demise of the Portuguese monarchy and the rise of Republicanism (which took root in 1910) itself?
While browsing, I came across The Pink Map [3] -- (Portuguese: Mapa cor-de-rosa), primarily "a document representing Portugal's claim of sovereignty over the land between Angola and Mozambique, which today is currently Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The Pink Map collided with Sir Cecil Rhodes' "Cape to Cairo Red Line". The dispute with the United Kingdom over these territories led to the 1890 British Ultimatum [4], to which Portugal gave in, causing serious damage to the image of the Portuguese monarchy, and the subsequent rise of the Republican political movement." --FN [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Conference [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Map [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Afro-Brazilian musicians in Goa (photoset on Flickr): http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157625793593769/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
