Besides the Spanish enclave you mention, Spain also
lorded it over Morroco & West Sahara, where the Polisario
are still fighting for their liberation from ongoing Morrocan
tyrany: result of the messy situation left behind by Spain.
AdeT
> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:20:15 +0530
> From: ac.mene...@gmail.com
> To: goa...@goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet] World Cup 2010- was it revenge ?
>
> There were eight colonial powers in Western Europe who parcelled among
> themselves large chunks out of
> the African continent and made them their feuds.
> The two major powers in Africa were England and France and these are the
> very two whose football teams
> were sent home in disgrace.
> The third and the fourth were Portugal and Belgium (Congo). Whereas Portugal
> was bundled out at quarter
> final stage, Belgium did make the grade and therefore were not invited to
> join the African safari.;
> Fifth was Germany who lost their African colonies of Togo, Cameroun,
> Namibia and Tanganyika at the end
> of the First World War. Sixth was Italy who were in Ethiopia, Eritrea and
> Somaliland which they lost at the end
> of the Second World War. Italy too was sent packing home like France and
> England.
> Seventh is Netherlands and although they never ruled directly any part of
> the African continent from The Hague,
> nevertheless sent a large contigent of their compatriots to settle down and
> colonize South Africa and its
> descendents today should number about 2 millions. The Dutch farmers ,the
> Boers ( not unlike the b's of India )
> played havoc with the African psyche with their policy of apartheid. They
> were allowed to proceed merrity to
> the final stage when they were dropped like hot potatoes.
> The eight colonial power who survived them all is Spain who thanks to an
> edict from the then Pope, could not
> interfere much in Africa, the eastern part of the world having been reserved
> for our glorious Portuguese. Spain, too
> had a small enclave in the Gulf of Guinea called Equatorial Guinea.
> P.S. :Paul , the psychic octopus was no doubt governed by the bright
> red/yellow combination. Between Germany
> and Spain, it chose Spain for more of its red/yellow in the flag and the
> same could be said between the Dutch and
> the Spanish flags.
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