PUPhilip II waseMacedon, njengawo wonke ama-megalomaniacs ajwayelekile obugebengu baseYurophu, wayenqume, njengendoda enamandla kakhulu eNtshonalanga, ukunqoba iGibhithe, impucuko yase-Afrika eyayithuthuke kakhulu yangaleso sikhathi. Ngenhlanhla, wabulawa elwa nenye yezimpi zakhe ezingenakubalwa. Ngeshwa, indodana yakhe u-Alexander, ingqondo esontekile kuphela engabiza enkulu, yanquma ukufeza iphupho likayise futhi ekugcineni yanqoba iGibhithe. Lapho abantu baseYurophu bengena okokuqala e-Afrika futhi bebona impucuko enkulu okhokho bethu ababeyitholile, bayigcina futhi bayilondoloza iminyaka eyinkulungwane, bamangala. Bamangazwa ukuhleleka kwayo, ukunotha kwayo, isitayela sayo, ukwakheka kwayo, ubuhlakani bayo, ubuhlakani bayo…. umcebo wakhe omkhulu.
Namuhla, emithonjeni yaseNtshonalanga, sigcwele inkulumo-ze "ye-Afrika empofu", kodwa abantu baseYurophu babazi futhi besazi ingcebo enkulu yase-Afrika. Eqinisweni, kungenxa yobuhlakani bama-Afrika kanye nengcebo yawo enkulu ukuthi aqale ukugqilazwa.