"...in part because such conquest used up relatively little of these nations' total military or economic resources, rather than because of any great value of these Aafrican possessions. All sorts of special interests in Europe had their own reasons---missionaries, business men, politicians or the military--had their own reasons to urge the creation and expansion of colonialism in Africa, but officlais responsible for the public treasury were often opposed, viewing the matter in terms of financial costs and gains. In special cases---such as the Congo or South Africa, with their valuable mineral resources--the conquest might repay its costs, but these were the exceptions rather than the rule..."
Sowell, Conquests and Cultures, pb, p. 116.
Except for the missionary white negro special interests, there were really no white for negro interests in play, and nothing to be gained for advanced White Europeans by booming this piece of shit, where white men could not even live except on strong anti malarial medications and other medications.
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