@africamonetary, Absolutely! The Berlin Conference represents one of the most egregious examples of epistemic violence, and was fundamentally about economic control, designed to legalize European plunder of African resources while preventing intra-European conflict.
This moment institutionalized racial capitalism, where Africa’s wealth—its land, minerals, and labor—was forcibly extracted for the benefit of European industrial expansion. African economies were violently reshaped to serve European markets, leading to the destruction of self-sustaining agricultural systems, the exploitation of labor (as seen in the forced labor systems of King Leopold II’s Congo), and the enduring underdevelopment of African nations.
The logic of colonial exploitation initiated at Berlin continues in modern neocolonial economic structures, where African resources remain disproportionately controlled by foreign interests – Congo, and South Africa for example.
