Substitute "white" for "European" and "black" for "African", and one gains insight into the phenomenon of racial racketeering a la "Rev" Al Sharpton and "Rev" Jesse Jackson in the U.S.
Imperialism f----d up the heads of so many people whom it touched - both colonialists and colonized (Frantz Fanon was absolutely and deeply right about that) and until that - ultimately depressing - legacy of its existence is finally killed, neither Africa nor African studies will be able to make real progress.
The fashionable use of profanity heavily discounts the author's credibility, unfortunately.
That bothered me, too. Totally unnecessary and it detracted from the message.
Africa could potentially offer so much to the world. What a shame that we are basically having to write off an entire continent.