Map of Africa

Bartlet recalls the Vice Chairs thrusting fingers at this map during a heated push to elevate Africa on the agenda. The continent's outline anchors their demand for priority amid competing crises, turning geography into a blunt political weapon in his anecdote to Leo aboard Air Force One. No physical details emerge beyond its role as a pointed prop in past advocacy.

2 appearances

Purpose

Visual reference for pressing Africa as a policy priority

Significance

Symbolizes the Vice Chairs' aggressive advocacy and Bartlet's later frustration with shifting Black Caucus demands, collapsing political maneuvering into a personal betrayal during his Air Force One vent.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Bartlet Vents as Air Force One Ordered into Andrews Fly‑By

The map of Africa is evoked as a remembered prop from a past dinner — a symbolic artifact in Bartlet's anecdote that stands for forceful caucus advocacy and underlines his frustration at perceived opportunism.

Before: Recalled as a past visual prop in Bartlet's memory of a dinner two years earlier.

After: Remains a rhetorical device within Bartlet's complaint; no physical action involves the map in the present.

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Andrews Fly‑By — The President Calls the Families

The map of Africa is invoked in Bartlet's opening rant as a memory prop—an anecdotal proof of past political pressure—serving rhetorical and thematic purposes rather than direct action in the scene.

Before: A recalled prop from past retreats/dinners; not physically present in the office during the event.

After: Remains a rhetorical reference point in Bartlet's complaint; its status unchanged.

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