Colonialism

Colonialism More than three decades after most African nations became independent, there is no consensus on the legacy of colonialism. With most African countries still only tottering on their feet and many close to collapse, some people ask whether the problem is due to Africa's colonial experience or inherent adequacies of the African' For apologists of colonialism the answer is simple. Whatever may have been the shortcomings of colonial rule, the overall effect was positive for Africa. Sure, the colonial powers exploited Africa’s natural resources but on the balance, colonialism reduced the economic gap between Africa and the West, the apologists argue. Colonialism laid the seeds of the intellectual and material development in Africans. It brought enlightenment where there was ignorance. It suppressed slavery and other barbaric practices such as colonial, modern, economic, colonialism, african, africa, rule, powers, political, people, new, development, brought, apologists, africa’s, africans, worship, world, withdrawal, whether, whatever, west, was, warring, united, understanding, turmoil, tottering, today, three, take, survival, sure, suppressed, summarise, suggests, slavery, simple, shortcomings, self-rule, seeds, say, resources, reduced, received, provided, problem, premature