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The Congo Pedicle is an example of the arbitrary boundaries<ref>Francis M. Deng: ''Africa and the New World Dis-Order: Rethinking Colonial Borders''. Brookings Review, Vol. 11, Spring 1993</ref> imposed by European powers on [[Africa]] in the wake of the [[Scramble for Africa]], which were "drawn by Europeans, for Europeans, and, apart from a some localized detail, paid scant regard to Africa, let alone Africans."<ref>Ieuan Griffiths: "The Scramble for Africa: Inherited Political Boundaries", ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol 152 No 2, July 1986, pp 204-216.</ref> | The Congo Pedicle is an example of the arbitrary boundaries<ref>Francis M. Deng: ''Africa and the New World Dis-Order: Rethinking Colonial Borders''. Brookings Review, Vol. 11, Spring 1993</ref> imposed by European powers on [[Africa]] in the wake of the [[Scramble for Africa]], which were "drawn by Europeans, for Europeans, and, apart from a some localized detail, paid scant regard to Africa, let alone Africans."<ref>Ieuan Griffiths: "The Scramble for Africa: Inherited Political Boundaries", ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol 152 No 2, July 1986, pp 204-216.</ref> | ||
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