The Netherlands and the Partition of Africa

1981 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. L. Wesseling
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Flash Point ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Commercial Expansion

The Netherlands was almost the only country in Western Europe which took no share of Africa in the course of Partition. This is at first sight surprising. For centuries the Dutch had had a presence on the Gold Coast, while at the Cape they had created the most important white colony in sub-Saharan Africa. True, the Netherlands had given up both possessions before the Partition, but by that time the Dutch were the chief traders on the Congo estuary, which after all was a major flash-point giving rise to the Partition. Curiously enough, no one has sought to examine this seeming paradox. It is therefore the aim of this article to consider the relationship between Dutch commercial expansion and the origins of Partition, and to place this question in the context of the Netherlands' principal imperial interests, in South-East Asia.

Tracking Development in South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: The Primacy of Policy

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. s5-s24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kees van Donge ◽  
David Henley ◽  
Peter Lewis
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals 4.10-P23Barriers and enablers to HIV testing among people born in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia living in Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Gray ◽  
G Crawford ◽  
R Lobo ◽  
J Shearer ◽  
L Narciso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Frequent infection of Hylobates pileatus (pileated gibbon) with species-associated variants of hepatitis B virus in Cambodia

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Sall ◽  
S. Starkman ◽  
J. M. Reynes ◽  
S. Lay ◽  
T. Nhim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B Virus ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
B Virus ◽  
Hylobates Pileatus ◽  
Sub Saharan

As well as being distributed widely in human populations, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections occur frequently in chimpanzee, gibbon and other ape populations in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. To investigate the frequency and genetic relationships of HBV infecting gibbons in Cambodia, pileated gibbons (Hylobates pileatus) that were originally wild-caught were screened for surface antigen. Twelve of 26 (46 %) were positive, of which 11 were positive for HBV DNA. Phylogenetic analysis of complete genome sequences revealed two distinct genetic groups in the gibbon/orangutan clade. Three were similar to previously described variants infecting H. pileatus in Thailand and eight formed a distinct clade, potentially representing distinct strains of HBV circulating in geographically separated populations in South-East Asia. Because of the ability of HBV to cross species barriers, large reservoirs of infection in gibbons may hamper ongoing attempts at permanent eradication of HBV infection from human populations in South-East Asia through immunization.

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