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re: Why Is Africa Continent Still Full Of “Developing Countries “?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:05 pm to wfallstiger
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:05 pm to wfallstiger
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Tribalism coupled with precious little natural resources
Always wondered if there was oil in Africa...
That would boost some economies over there.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:05 pm to LordSaintly
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One theory that I read is that the Silk Road couldn’t get through the Sahara, so Africa lags behind Europe and certain parts of Asia because of this.
The Silk Road never got through to North America or Australia either.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:07 pm to CptBengal
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the World bank and IMF, among individual nations, provide money to corrupt dictators for the right to extract minerals at bare bottom prices and allow them to do their murder/genocide/rape to keep the party going.
Exactly. That accounts for a bunch of countries with poor development indicators, like Equatorial Guinea, which has a high per capita GDP but high poverty. The problem of predatory elite exists in many African countries. Other countries, like Botswana, which has good rates of growth and protection for minorities, suffers from an AIDS crisis which affects 25% of their population. The other reasons for slow rates of growth are domestic unrest, armed conflict both foreign and domestic, and inability to assure outside investors of their continued stability.
Africa is an incredibly large landmass. If we remove the Sahara Desert, an area as larger than the contiguous United States, we are still looking at 22 million square kilometers. The size of the landmass makes it difficult to talk about the continent as a whole, as different regions have different rates of development, as well as different issues, but most countries with poor development indicators suffer the issues mentioned above and by Bengal.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:07 pm to OTIS2
I. Q.ant for the life of me figure out why they’d be so behind
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:10 pm to LordSaintly
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One theory that I read is that the Silk Road couldn’t get through the Sahara, so Africa lags behind Europe and certain parts of Asia because of this.
It's more true to say that it was immensely difficult to develop trade with the outside world from parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. East Africa and the Horn of Africa had lots of trade with various groups, ranging from Arab traders to Indian merchants to the Chinese. But given the size of the continent, it was difficult for trade routes to develop over the Sahara, which would have connected West Africa to North Africa, and access to the Western Mediterranean.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:22 pm to DavidTheGnome
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DavidTheGnome
Not convinced.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:29 pm to OTIS2
Cuz we wuz Kangz and shite til whitey came out of his cave with rifles
This post was edited on 1/10/19 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:30 pm to thebigmuffaletta
Do you even Cecil Rhodes?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 9:57 pm to OTIS2
Op should explain it.
Troll thread when there are real.topics.
Troll thread when there are real.topics.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:00 pm to OTIS2
Colonialism and likely the savage nature of the inhabitants. The latter I would never admit in polite company by the way, but you guys are special.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:04 pm to OTIS2
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What stalls The continents progress?
Africans
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:10 pm to Robin Masters
Its toxic masculinity.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:25 pm to Robin Masters
Colonialism is a blip on the historical register. It’s a short period of European rule, bookended by African governance.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:26 pm to OTIS2
I never thought I would say this, but my position is basically a combination of Cpt and BamaAtl
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:28 pm to OTIS2
They're developing alright: full-blown AIDS and extensively drug-resitant TB.
This post was edited on 1/10/19 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:41 pm to Ollieoxenfree99
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The inability to provide clean people is one of the main deterrents to any progress
Clean on the inside
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:43 pm to wfallstiger
quote:what. Africa is loaded with natural resources
precious little natural resources
Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:57 pm to DavidTheGnome
Bruh, wasn't North Amercia once colonized by foreign nations?
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