Pierre-Paul-Francois-Camille Savorgnan de Brazza Quotes
White men have two hands. The stronger hand is the hand of war. The other hand is the hand of trade. Which hand do the Abanhos want?
The Abanhos as a group responded, “Trade.”
Pierre-Paul-Francois-Camille Savorgnan de Brazza, 1852-1905, French Explorer and African Colonial Administrator, Founder of the Congo and Brazzaville, Statement to the Abanhos, September 1881
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