Is Colonization The Source of African Poverty?
By Guy White Last week, I wrote an article explaining why the whites people’s legacy of slavery should not be the shame of owning slaves, which all nations and races have done, but rather the pride in ending slavery not only in their own societies but around the world. Today, I will tackle another issue – colonization as a source of African economic troubles. Colonization made Africa wealthier because it introduced modernity and good management to the Dark Continent. Before colonization much of sub-Saharan Africa was literally stuck in the Stone Age. The most advanced parts of Black Africa were still in the Iron Age. Africans had no written language, no concept of science or math, no multistory buildings, no calendar, nothing that would remind one of any modern society. Prior to colonization, Blacks were never anywhere near as wealthy as they were during European rule. When the white powers left, African economies collapsed. The longer a Black country has been independent, the more pro
