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Otrada [13]
1 year ago
5

King Leopold II of Belgium referred to Africa as “that magnificent African cake.” What do you think he meant?

History
1 answer:
adelina 88 [10]1 year ago
6 0

I think he uses a metaphor about africa being a cake and he wants a piece of it, like the rest of of the european powers

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