The Destruction of Africa: Travel, History, Politics, Economics, Foreign Aid, and Religion (1990)
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Today, Africa contains 54 sovereign countries, most of which have borders that were drawn during the era of European colonialism. Since colonialism, African states have frequently been hampered by instability, corruption, violence, and authoritarianism. About the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0006378560/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0006378560&linkCode=as2&tag=tra0c7-20&linkId=937f8dd78bbf1096a1c0f921001dfd6f The vast majority of African states are republics that operate under some form of the presidential system of rule. However, few of them have been able to sustain democratic governments on a permanent basis, and many have instead cycled through a series of coups, producing military dictatorships. Great instability was mainly the result of marginalization of ethnic groups, and graft under these leaders. For political gain, many leaders fanned ethnic conflicts, some of which had been exacerbated, or even created, by colonial rule. In many countries, the military was perceived as being the only group that could effectively maintain order, and it ruled many nations in Africa during the 1970s and early 1980s. During the period from the early 1960s to the late 1980s, Africa had more than 70 coups and 13 presidential assassinations. Border and territorial disputes were also common, with the European-imposed borders of many nations being widely contested through armed conflicts. Cold War conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as the policies of the International Monetary Fund, also played a role in instability. When a country became independent for the first time, it was often expected to align with one of the two superpowers. Many countries in Northern Africa received Soviet military aid, while many in Central and Southern Africa were supported by the United States, France or both. The 1970s saw an escalation, as newly independent Angola and Mozambique aligned themselves with the Soviet Union, and the West and South Africa sought to contain Soviet influence by funding insurgency movements. There was a major famine in Ethiopia, when hundreds of thousands of people starved. Some claimed that Marxist/Soviet policies made the situation worse. The most devastating military conflict in modern independent Africa has been the Second Congo War; this conflict and its aftermath has killed an estimated 5.5 million people. Since 2003 there has been an ongoing conflict in Darfur which has become a humanitarian disaster. Another notable tragic event is the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in which an estimated 800 000 people were murdered. AIDS in post-colonial Africa has also been a prevalent issue. In the 21st century, however, the number of armed conflicts in Africa has steadily declined. For instance, the civil war in Angola came to an end in 2002 after nearly 30 years. This has coincided with many countries abandoning communist style command economies and opening up for market reforms. The improved stability and economic reforms have led to a great increase in foreign investment into many African nations, mainly from China, which has spurred quick economic growth in many countries, seemingly ending decades of stagnation and decline. Several African economies are among the world's fasted growing as of 2011. A significant part of this growth can also be attributed to the facilitated diffusion of information technologies and specifically the mobile telephone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
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Nice guy, hes probably in his 70s now
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This son of a bitch is a CIA agent-provocateur, nothing else!..
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Hate him or Love him Harden said the truth back in the day. Much of what he said then is true. Kenya has never beccome great and is in fact losing its manufacturing edge. On the otherhand, Botswana has maintained its political stability is today one of the richest African countries. Unfortunately the "BIG MAN" is still very much in Africa, in Uganda u have Museveni, In Sudan you have Bashir, the same in Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda and many more. We need to take charge of our destiny like the Bukinabes did if Africa is ti be a civilised society and a respected global leader. God help Africa
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Fuck. barrack Obama he is gay . fuck you white man, its whitemen like you who are spreading pornagraphy in africa you fucking white man
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you fucking white man how many african women sucked your dick? fucking lier
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all idiots white sent to africa this guy is one
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white liar
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this fool wont ever know africa
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Africa is more than a billion and Nigeria is about 1hundred and 70 million people,stop pretending sir,you know the real amount.That's how you reduced the size of the land mass,mean while all of Eastern Europe,North America,Australia AND Russia CAN FIT INTO THAT CONTINENT ,but you guys made it as if the continent is the same size as Britain or other smaller European countries.
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work out
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north sudanese are the equivalent of light-skinned black people in america. black dna is higher in the south arabic dna higher in the north from what i understand.
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This is a nice video but the title is misleading
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Africans can't produce there own documentaries till date and this is why many of these uninformed people sneak in the Countries and paint a wrong image of the continent.I suggest that all whites leaving Africa shud carefully be searched of all manner of documentaries they leave the continent with.!!
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a little country with only 3% of the earth's population beats up on the biggest and wins? Something more here than meets the eye. Was it the small country had more brains?
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From the beginning this video is speaking absurdities. A brief period of exposure to colonialistic europeans? They began in the 1480s and haven't stopped up until today in 2016.
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Destruction of Africa? Heck no. Actually Sub Saharan Africa is now world's fastest growing continent (economic growth and especially population growth). It's more obvious that Sub Saharan Africans are going to repopulate the rest of the world during the next few millenniums.
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Why Africa is the third world???? I tell you and you and you Africa is Corrupt by the people in power from your country that why Africa is gonna stay the third World for Ever
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What is beautiful closing argument: "Africa, they are warm and they love you." ~Blaine Harden
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we aren't a part of the muslim world, our ancestors are king sheshonq who beat th3 Farao's from egypt, king yuba, roman worst nightmare hannibal, hanno the first navigator from morrocco. they changed the world for their own benefit
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the name Africa was given by the romans to north africans and we aren't muslim fucking american manipulated asshole
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