Africa is poor because it’s only half civilized(Farming but unable to build functioning cities without outside help). Civilization is a long process that involves a lot of killing of people who can’t act in a civilized manner. In Africa this process was proceeding with groups like Tutsi and Ashanti when it was interrupted by the British and French he thought these groups were being to mean to people who can’t act in a civilized manner.
It took 1000 years from the point where the Germans encountered the Romans to become fully civilized and It will probably take just as a long in Africa.
I also wonder how much of Africa even has written languages. A civilization without a written language is basically aboriginal, no matter how much that important fact is masked by the modern amenities that were brought by colonial powers.
Perceptive observation. It took the acceptance of Christianity to transform European tribal culture.
Africa actually degenerated with the spread of Islam.