Africa 1884: The scramble, the statue, and the start of a new era, by Freedom Chimereze Today, let us hear through the records of history, a story of two gifts presented to the world in the pivotal year of 1884. While one gift symbolised freedom and unity, the other marked a chapter of division and discord. In 1884, as Europe geared on the “Scramble for Africa”, nations vied for colonial dominance, carving up the African continent like a pie. Lines were drawn, not by the hands of those who called these...