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Is colonialism the primary reason why Africa is so poor?

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People keep referring to the Songhai Empire and the Mali Empire as proofs that Sub-Saharan Africa was a wealthy, sophisticated part of the world. People seem to have some kind of idea that these were wealthy, sophisticated states. They were not. These were poverty stricken, unsophisticated polities. read more

In a manner of speaking, recent African experience with colonialism is a demonstration of why Africa is poor, rather than a result. Africa is very rich in mineral resources (like Siberia). This fact has been known far back into deep prehistory; i.e., in Zimbabwe alone there are 1200 prehistoric gold mines, and 150 prehistoric copper mines. read more

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