The African Continent is cursed for eternity. A wealth beyond imagination, but containing the poorest countries on earth. Colonialism was all over the place; French, Dutch, British, Italian, Portuguese, Belgians and you name it. People should read what was written about that era, ugly. Europeans didn't consider Africans as humans, didn't treat them as humans. Africans were captured not only to be sold as slaves, but to be displayed as zoo animals.
Everybody was stealing from the Africans. By that time before the Oil & Gas discovery, Africa contained Rubber, gold, Diamond and all kinds of mineral wealth. Belgium was there in the Congo under the command of Leopold II. The second killed 10 million Congolese because of the rubber. Imagine a third of the population killed in addition to people losing one of their hands or both as their parents failed to collect the daily quota of rubber. Leopold II wasn't called Hitler and the city of Antwerp in Belgium is the Diamond Capital of the world.
We need to look at the current situation in Africa, ethnic and civil wars, conflicts between different political factions, religious wars, genocide and war crimes committed all over the place. They can’t find money to feed their people. However, they could find money to buy weapons. Colonialism and western powers intervention is still continued up to current time. Former French president Jacques Chirac admitted that France sucked up Africa dry. To be honest with myself and whoever reads this thread, no current European prosperity and the so-called Western civilization is possible without the resources stolen from Africa. Colonialism used the Bible and the claim of civilizing the African naked savages. Now, different other tools are being used.
Africa could be extremely wealthy and prosper better even than Europe. They have everything they need. Oil, Gas, Gold, Cobalt, lithium, copper, old growth timber, Diamond, fertile land and you name it. Did you know that the richest man in history was not Bill Gates, Elon Musk or Geff Bezos but African king Musa I of Mali?. His fortune estimated 400 billion dollars of real wealth because it was pure gold. He ruled the empire of Mali with its gold mines. His wealth wasn’t phony stock or shares, but real gold.
All the conflicts in Africa are fueled by the multinational corporations, and governments intervene on their behalf. Western sponsored military coups and private security firms contribute to the detestable situation in Africa. The resources, especially Diamond and oil, fueled the conflicts. Africa is doomed forever. The new colonialism will never leave Africa alone or treat them equally. Africa needs a new revolution to achieve real independance.
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