They did this in Rhodesia and look what happened!
And we were told that ol’ Ian Smith was evil and replacing him would lead to a socialist/secular Nivana. Once again, the American people were fooled.
A friend traveling in East Africa described the crumbling infrastructure left behind by the British when they left; giving them homes did nothing. After independence Kenya and Uganda targeted their Indian transplants as parasites and forced them to leave; with them went the last business acumen in their countries.
I watched a clip of Mohammed Ali on his way to the “Rumble in the Jungle”; he is absolutely beaming as he describes flying on a black airline with black pilots. I wonder what he felt as he watched Zaire (Congo) descend into chaos later, with MILLIONS killed in the fighting and resulting displacement. He certainly wasn’t going to make sub-Saharan Africa his primary residence...