@RiebvJanbeeck
Archeological evidence in Egypt and ME predating the Roman Empire says you are wrong. It includes golden statues from sub-Saharan Africa.
The poor state of Africa has *nothing* to do with colonialism and *everything* to do with the African mindset. Here's a revealing conversation between one Congolese man and a Chinese man.
@RiebvJanbeeck
Why is the main exporter of gold not in africa? Well, because people don't like doing business with extortionists. Hence they get their gold from Sweden.
@RiebvJanbeeck
Um very wrong. Natives have been mining gold before colonisation. And have been trading it to Northern Africa, way before colonisation! Stop justifying yt criminality!
@RiebvJanbeeck
Doesn’t change the statement…. We still never needed the world more that they needed us.
The works still does nothing for Africa but take from Africa
@RiebvJanbeeck
my map would look a bit different and would include:
dictatorship
famine
corruption
one party state
failed state
etc.
you know - the usual