I think it might be A. but i am not 100% sure so please don’t be mad if it’s wrong, and good luck!!
The annexation of Korea by Japan was set up in the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910<span>, which was never actually signed by the Korean regent, Gojong. Imperial Japanese rule over Korea ended in </span>1945<span>, when American and Soviet forces liberated the peninsula.</span>
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
if you could show all of it i could help