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This print is titled, "Like a succubus, Africa weighs on the repose of Europe." In the background, the African "Hornets' Nests" of various European countries. Most racist propaganda from this time (1896) until present times centers on the belief that the black man is on a mission to rape the white woman, and that rape will lead to the extinction of the white race. This print from Le Rire stresses that fear. (Taken from White on Black: Images of Africa and Black in Western Popular Culture by Jan Nederveen Pieterse)