Colonial Office/second Colonial Office 1854 %e2%80%93 1966

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    “Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
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    “Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.”
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