"France and Africa?" Vizet recalled what he knew. "Does it actually have to start from back then?"
Madame Maxime poured herself another cup of tea. "Mr. Lovegood, it seems you know something about Muggle history as well..."
"But you should understand that before Muggles learned of the so-called 'New World,' wizards had already known of the other continents' existence through all sorts of magical means."
"Before the Muggles of France landed in Africa, our relationship with African Wizards was still fairly harmonious... Since you know Muggle history, you also understand what happened afterward."
"Let me digress a little first! Because of certain actions by French Muggles, our relationship with African Wizards was also damaged, and entered a rather ambiguous period."
"As far as I know, Uagadou had an academic exchange with you last year. You should be aware of that too, shouldn't you? Uagadou... or rather, African Wizards, have their own unique magical system."
Vizet nodded. "Yes!"
"Just as you said, if you want to gain something, you always have to give something." Madame Maxime said, "That was the direction of our earliest exchanges with them."
"Apart from exchanges of supplies, we also wanted exchanges of knowledge. What we valued were their Animagus practices, and Wandless Magic."
"The African Wizards at the time were extremely conservative. No matter what, they were only willing to maintain exchanges of supplies... and with the landing of French Muggles in Africa, that conservatism turned into distrust."
"It was not until the last century that England's Wand-making techniques could be considered to have flowed into Africa... Mr. Lovegood, you should know why that was, shouldn't you?"
Hearing Madame Maxime ask this, Vizet immediately thought of something. "Could it be because... England's Muggles also came to Africa?"
"French wizards worked painstakingly for centuries, only for English