Africa south of the equator, with the political boundaries of the 1880s. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Conference_(1884)" class="extiw" title="w:Berlin Conference (1884)">Berlin Conference</a> of 1884 was responsible for outlining and adjudicating the colonial territorial claims.
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