The competition for influence will shape the continent’s future. Will the U.S. join?

Michalopoulos, Stelios, and Elias Papaioannou. "The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 17620, October 2014.

A scene from the Scramble for Africa A number of territories in Africa, quarreled over by European nations that cynically carved them up over inadequate maps in remote conference rooms thousands ...

This is known as the ‘Scramble for Africa’. We can still see the impact of the ‘Scramble for Africa’ today, in the languages spoken in former African colonies, how their governments work ...