Advances against malaria allow Europeans to enter Africa and carve it up, producing atrocities such as Leopold's Congo.
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Malaria
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"...others. Okay? Now, they didn't go into Africa before because of malaria issues. Okay? If you're a European, you went into Africa, you're going..."
"And their imperialism in Africa was notorious, right? It was one of the worst atrocities in human history, especially in the Congo, which was..."
"...a consequence. And then Dante did end up dying because of malaria after he finished the Divine Comedy. Do you think that is his..."
"...writing Divine Comedy that he exhausted his body and he caught malaria and then he died. But you could also argue, well, the guy..."
"...go to Africa and stay there. And the reason why is malaria. So what's happening was that the Europeans set up trading centers around..."
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