The Scramble for Africa

White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912

List of Illustrations

xv

Cartoons and Engravings

xvii

List of Maps

xix

Introduction

xxi

Prologue The Crowning Achievement

1

(8)

Ilala, Central Africa 21 April--May 1873 and after

PART I: THE OPEN PATH

9

(132)

Leopold's Crusade

11

(13)

Brussels 7 January--15 September 1876

Three Flags Across Africa

24

(16)

Central Africa and Europe 14 September 1876--June 1878

Two Steps Forward

40

(17)

Transvaal, Cape Town, Natal 12 April 1877--22 January 1879

The Crouching Lion

57

(15)

London, Zululand, London November 1878--22 January 1879

Ismael's Dream of Empire

72

(14)

Egypt and the Sudan 18 February 1879--June 1880

One Step Backward

86

(23)

South Africa and London 16 December 1880--3 August 1881

Saving the Bey

109

(14)

Paris and Tunis 23 March--November 1881

Saving the Khedive

123

(18)

London and Egypt 31 December 1881--October 1882

PART II: THE RACE BEGINS

141

(116)

The Race for the Pool

143

(21)

Europe and Central Africa 30 May 1882--April 1883 and before

Head in the Clouds

164

(16)

The Upper Niger and France 1 February--July 1883

Hewett Shows the Flag

180

(21)

London and West Africa January 1883--19 July 1884 and before

Why Bismarck Changed his Mind

201

(17)

Germany, Africa and London 19 May 1884--November 1884

Too Late?

218

(21)

The Sudan 26 September 1884--26 January 1885

Welcome to a Philanthropist

239

(18)

Berlin, Brussels and London 15 November 1884--27 February 1885

PART III: RIGHTS OF CONQUEST

257

(326)

Gordon's Head

259

(17)

England, Egypt, Sudan and elsewhere 5 February 1885--8 June 1885

The Sultan's Flag

276

(21)

England, Zanzibar and East Africa 8 June--December 1885

Cries from the Heart

297

(19)

East Africa and England 25 September 1885--December 1886

297

(19)

Dr Emin, I Presume?

316

(20)

Brussels, Congo, Equatoria and German East Africa 29 December 1886--January 1890

Salisbury's Bargain

336

(22)

England, German East Africa and Germany June 1888--July 1890

An Insubordinate Army

358

(14)

Paris and the Western Sudan 12 August 1890--November 1893

A New Rand?

372

(21)

Mashonaland and Matabeleland (Rhodesia), Cape Colony, the Transvaal and England 27 June 1890--December 1892 and before

Msiri's Mocking Smile

393

(20)

Brussels and Katanga 19 April 1890--October 1892

The Flag Follows the Cross

413

(21)

Uganda, Paris and London 25 December 1891--November 1892

An Ivory War

434

(18)

The Congo and Brussels August 1892--Summer 1894

Blank Treaty Forms on the Niger

452

(18)

Paris, London and West Africa 5 September 1894--January 1897

A Lion's Share

470

(17)

Eritrea, Italy and Ethiopia 26 September 1895--January 1897

Rhodes, Raiders and Rebels

487

(17)

Birmingham, Rhodesia and the Transvaal August 1895--1897

Calling Hanotaux's Bluff

504

(20)

London, Paris and West Africa 1 January 1896--14 June 1898

The Race to the Middle of Nowhere

524

(15)

Brussels, the Congo, French West Africa, the Sudan and Ethiopia 5 May 1897--1 September 1898

The Mahdi's Tomb

539

(18)

The Sudan, Paris and London 1 September 1898--May 1899

Milner's War

557

(26)

London and South Africa 8 September 1899--31 May 1902 and after

PART IV: RESISTANCE AND REFORM

583

(86)

The Severed Hands

585

(17)

Brussels, London, Paris and the Congo 16 May 1902--February 1904

The Kaiser's First War

602

(14)

Berlin and German South-West Africa 18 January 1904 and after

`Maji-Maji!'

616

(13)

German East Africa July 1905 and after

Redeeming the French Congo

629

(12)

French Congo and Paris 29 April 1905 and after

Restoring Britain's `Old Ideals'

641

(15)

Britain, the Transvaal, Natal and British East Africa December 1905 and after

Leopold's Last Throw

656

(13)

Brussels, Washington, London and South Africa 3 June 1906 and after

Epilogue Scrambling Out

669

(12)

Zimbabwe, Africa and Europe 18 April 1980, before and after

Chronology

681

(14)

Sources

695

(2)

Select Bibliography

697

(8)

Notes

705

(14)

Index

719

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