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British is our major problem.

Darls247:
British is our major problem.

And they're still currently working tirelessly to continue their evil.

So sad that Africans don't even know the cause of their woes, most especially those blinded by religion and unnecessary appraisal for their white Messiah.

A huge shame that even the African leaders themselves could curb but too weak to educate their people about the truth for a safe and better future.

The question is, "for how long would Africa keep bleeding?"

@Seun @Mynd44

I don't need attention but please if you can move this post to front-page it would educate more people and who knows, we could start brewing minds that will educate and share the true history of our people and how we can all find a lasting situation unless y'all have given up on Africa entirely.

I'm an old man and I think new generation should understand the fights my generation couldn't finish.

What happened to a picture of Koran to balance the equation?

Or you think Arabs didn't take Africans as slaves?

Exactly, this too…..

Africa countries go blame their colonial masters tire. Colonial Nigeria is way better than Nigeria of today.

I fail to find some form of validity in the arguments being espoused by the author. India, China, Malaysia, Vietnam and a number of other countries were also colonised at some point. Yet they have simply refused to allow that hold them back.
We can't keep blaming the colonialist for the woes of the African continent seeing as our leaders are actively looting and pillaging the resources of countries in Africa and storing same in western banks and property markets.

Continue blaming others for your failures.

TheOgbongeguy:
And they're still currently working tirelessly to continue their evil.

So sad that Africans don't even know the cause of their woes, most especially those blinded by religion and unnecessary appraisal for their white Messiah.

A huge shame that even the African leaders themselves could curb but too weak to educate their people about the truth for a safe and better future.

The question is, "for how long would Africa keep bleeding?"

The British were not the most brutal colonial power and our leaders after independence are the most wicked . Religion is doing us more harm, God won't come down do any development for us but Men 🤷🏿. See the bunch of jokers as Governors , NASS members, President, Kings. Men of zero integrity 🤷🏿

All these AI slop posters.

You just go to chatgpt and ask your usual dumb ass questions and in return get your tamed down dumb ass answers.

OP, your programmed and heavily censored AI refused to include the main perpetrators which is Jewish Internationalism that began with the Jewish international slave trade.

The origins of modern day internationalism is rooted in the Jewish international slave trade.

People are dieing daily in Northern Nigeria.
I pity uneducated Nigerians.

If anyone in these comments after reading this post think I'm here to argue unnecessary, then they need to be checked and clearly Africa and it's leaders are not excluded but lack of logic won't let some certain persons reason beyond their level of faculty.

Cos what are you arguing about that's not being said in the post?

Clearly just to read and argue, no sane contribution, critical thinking or whatever.

I didn’t know logging had serious environmental hazards
Wow

I'm beginning to dislike people who learn about Africa from Americans because all they can do is talk about 'colonialism' and nonsense from the past like this. Nobody on this list is harming africa more than africans. The fact that there are no africans on this list tells you don't know and don't care to know. Even China collecting collateral from a bad loan is 'harm'.

TheOgbongeguy:
The impact has been devastating, leading to entrenched poverty, political instability, and ongoing exploitation.

Here is a list of nations and entities, with the primary ways they have directly or indirectly harmed the African continent, categorized for clarity.

1. European Colonial Powers

The legacy of colonialism is the most profound and direct source of harm, whose borders, economic structures, and social divisions continue to shape Africa today.

· Belgium
· The Congo Free State & Belgian Congo: King Leopold II's personal colony was a regime of terror in the late 19th/early 20th century, leading to the deaths of millions of Congolese through forced labor for rubber and ivory, using mutilation and murder as punishment. Even after the Belgian state took over, it was a brutally exploitative system that fostered no political development, leading directly to the chaos after independence.

· United Kingdom
· Divide-and-Rule Tactics: In colonies like Nigeria, Sudan, and Kenya, the British reinforced ethnic and religious divisions to maintain control, creating deep-seated tensions that erupted into civil wars (Biafra, South Sudan) and persistent conflict.

· Economic Extraction: Built infrastructure solely for extracting raw materials (like railways from mines to ports), not for integrated African economies. This created dependent, export-oriented economies that remain vulnerable.

· Violent Suppression: Brutally crushed anti-colonial movements, such as the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya, with executions and detention camps.

· France
· Françafrique: A post-colonial system of maintaining strong political, economic, and military influence over its former colonies. This often involved propping up corrupt but compliant dictators and intervening militarily to protect French interests.

· The CFA Franc: A colonial-era currency still used in 14 African countries, which requires them to keep 50% of their foreign reserves in the French Treasury. Critics argue this limits their monetary sovereignty and economic policy options, effectively maintaining a form of financial control.

· Portugal
· Prolonged and Brutal Colonization: Portugal was the last colonial power to grant independence after long, devastating wars in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. Its policy of assimilation (assimilado) was exploitative and created social hierarchies.
· Underdevelopment: Focused on extreme resource extraction with little investment in education or infrastructure, leaving its former colonies among the poorest at independence.

· Germany
· Early Genocide: In German South-West Africa (now Namibia), Germany committed the 20th century's first genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples (1904-1908), killing tens of thousands through forced labor, starvation, and execution in concentration camps.

· Italy
· Brutal Occupation: In Libya and the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia), Italy used extreme violence, including chemical weapons in Ethiopia, to establish and maintain its short-lived empire.

2. Global Powers and Cold War Proxies

During the Cold War, Africa became a battlefield for ideological supremacy, with devastating consequences.

· United States
· Proxy Wars & Supporting Dictators: Supported brutal anti-communist dictators like Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire (DRC) and Jonas Savimbi's UNITA in Angola, fueling conflicts that killed millions, in order to counter Soviet influence.

· Economic Policies: Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) pushed by the World Bank and IMF, heavily influenced by U.S. policy, forced African nations to cut social spending, privatize state assets, and liberalize trade, often leading to increased poverty and economic instability.

· Soviet Union
· Proxy Wars & Fueling Conflict: Armed and supported regimes and militant groups in Angola, Ethiopia, and Mozambique, contributing to long-lasting and destructive civil wars. While often framed as "support for liberation," the primary goal was expanding Soviet influence, with little regard for long-term African stability.

· China (Contemporary)
· Debt-Trap Diplomacy: Extending massive loans for infrastructure projects (often built with Chinese labor and materials) that are unsustainable for African governments. This can lead to a loss of strategic assets (like ports or mines) when debts cannot be repaid, as seen in the controversial case of Zambia's debt.

· Resource Extraction & Neo-Colonialism: While providing needed infrastructure, China's primary interest is often securing a steady supply of raw materials. This replicates the colonial extractive model and does little to build local manufacturing capacity. It has also been accused of turning a blind eye to corruption and poor governance.

3. Regional and Non-State Actors

· Arab Nations & The Legacy of the Arab Slave Trade
· Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean Slave Trades: Pre-dating and concurrent with the Atlantic trade, this involved the systematic capture and transportation of millions of Africans from regions south of the Sahara to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia over centuries. The social and demographic damage was immense.

· African Nations Themselves

· Corruption and Poor Leadership: While the structural problems were often created externally, African elites and leaders have done immense direct harm through rampant corruption, kleptocracy, ethnic favoritism, and political violence. Figures like Mobutu (Zaire), Mugabe (Zimbabwe), and countless warlords have plundered their nations' wealth, directly harming their citizens.

Indirect Harm through Global Systems

· International Financial Institutions (World Bank, IMF)

· Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs): As mentioned, these policies, mandated as conditions for loans in the 1980s and 1990s, dismantled state-supported healthcare, education, and agriculture, deepening poverty and weakening public institutions.

· Multinational Corporations
· Resource Extraction: Companies in oil (e.g., Shell in the Niger Delta), mining, and logging have been implicated in environmental destruction, human rights abuses, corruption, and supporting repressive regimes to maintain access to resources.

Conclusion

The harm inflicted upon Africa is not a historical artifact but an ongoing process. It is a cumulative result of:

1. The violent extraction and arbitrary borders of colonialism.
2. The destructive proxy wars of the Cold War.
3. The economic strangulation of debt and unfair global trade policies.
4. The continued exploitation by multinational corporations and new global powers.
5. The internal failures of governance and leadership.

Dogalmighty17:
I fail to find some form of validity in the arguments being espoused by the author. India, China, Malaysia, Vietnam and a number of other countries were also colonised at some point. Yet they have simply refused to allow that hold them back.
We can't keep blaming the colonialist for the woes of the African continent seeing as our leaders are actively looting and pillaging the resources of countries in Africa and storing same in western banks and property markets.

Africa was the least colonized continent on planet earth. SOuth and North America were colonized for 600 years each. India was colonized for 90 years. Australia 113 years. Vietnam 96 years. Nigeria was only colonized for 60 years. Most African countries for an even shorter time.

But let an AI slop neega open chatgpt and that is all you will hear when it comes to africa

Ofodirinwa:
Africa was the least colonized continent on planet earth. SOuth and North America were colonized for 600 years each. India was colonized for 90 years. Australia 113 years. Vietnam 96 years. Nigeria was only colonized for 60 years. Most African countries for an even shorter time.

But let an AI slop neega open chatgpt and that is all you will hear when it comes to africa

Why punching the thin air?

What is your point exactly?

Who hurt you?

God airpus o