What would Africa have become if the west had kept their colonies?
“What would Africa have become if the west had kept their colonies?”
Interesting question...
Not much different than today, I would think. some would be advancing and wealthier, but most would probably still be torn by the same ethnic/tribal strife we see today.
Except the German pre-WW1 colonies, that were progressing at a much faster rate, in both wealth and education levels, than the other Euro ones were.
It can be argued that the African nations are still strongly beholden to their colonial masters.
Mali and Chad both depended on French troops to bail them out. French trading companies are the economy. Industry such as it is in Burkina Faso is Dependent on French companies
They might be better off economically, but they’d still have monkeys and fruit bats and, thus, ebola.
If you have the stomach for it, watch “Addio Africa”. It’s an early shocksploitation film by the makers of “Mondo Cane”.
It does provide a rare glimpse, having been filmed during the early moments of de-colonization of Africa, and the ensuing descent to cruelty, thievery, etc.