European Mission to Africa The European mission to bring civilization to Africa was, as the passage commented, a ¡§rapacious¡¨ act of colonialism. The Europeans, hiding under the flag of Christian humanitarianism and liberalism, occupied Africa and enforced hard labour to the men and women of Africa. The Africans had not given a better life because of the European presence in Africa. In fact, they were being exploited. The Africans were being treated inhumanly without dignity. ¡§¡…showed first 75 words of 598 total…

…showed last 75 words of 598 total…them. ¡§¡KI foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land I would become acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a rapacious and pitiless folly¡K¡¨ (P.143). To Marlow, his short visit to this earthly purgatory seemed to be a long time. ¡§I had to wait in the station for ten days ¡V an eternity.¡¨ (P.145). Africa was certainly a purgatory brought by the Europeans in the name of Christian humanitarianism and liberalism.