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
They sought more hospitable climate.
Schism of 1054<span>. </span>Schism of 1054<span>, also called </span>East–West Schism<span>, event that precipitated the final separation </span>between the Eastern<span> Christian </span>churches<span> (led by the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius) and the </span>Western Church<span> (led by Pope Leo IX).</span>
People were putting money in the stock market (the problem was that it was often money that they were loaned)