The scramble for Africa was full on
By 1885, so much so that
They had to hold a conference in Berlin
To decide which Europeans could have what
Bismarck chaired, of course, without his helmet
Most of the time, Germany now a power
Able to grab land at the last minute
Before it all went, and Tanganyika
Cameroon, and what is now Namibia
Went to them, perhaps by dice throw. Britain
Was already in Egypt, although that
Was Ottoman-owned, and South Africa
Boers notwithstanding. Leopold (Belgium)
Grabbed the Congo, creating the dark heart
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