Imperialism Cartoon

The visual elements of this picture are the map of Africa, and the giant footstep over it.I think it is also significant that Africa is in black and the footstep in in white. I think this shows that Africa was always under the footsteps of the Europeans. The Europeans just stepped into Africa and took what wasn't rightfully theirs without caring what the natives thought. The cartoonist obviously thinks that Africa was completely taken over by other nations and that this was wrong. He's showing Africa as a place where the people had no rights. I think the the giant footstep over Africa is enough to support my opinion. That shows how Africa was taken over by other countries. You can tell that the other countries are places in Europe because the footstep is white. They had taken over the natives of Africa because the continent is black. The picture is also quite gloomy which makes it more persuasive because it shows that the author thinks this is a bad thing. He didn't make it all colorful and he hasn't given it a very happy effect. This is the evidence I have to support what I say.

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