Chronicles
26 min
The Scramble for Africa: How a Continent Was Carved Up Over Lunch
Fourteen nations met to divide Africa. No African was invited.
In 1884, fourteen nations met in Berlin to decide Africa's future. No African was invited. The rules they wrote that winter didn't just draw borders — they wrote the permission slip for the largest land grab in modern history.
Free 7 day trial. New stories every day.
About Mythio
One story, one sitting.
Mythio is a library of audio documentaries on the ideas, people, and events that shaped the world. Each episode is researched across the best sources, fact-checked, and told in full. Most run twenty to thirty minutes, long enough to go deep, short enough to finish in one sitting.