The Destruction of African Nation States Due to the Western World
The Destruction of African Nation States due to the Western World
The western world hindered Africa’s potential to be an economic superpower. The destruction of African nation states illustrates an ongoing struggle and sheds light to many of the major crisis the continent is encountering. Africa’s economic dependency on the global north is a direct result of the western world’s influence throughout the continent. The lack of great productivity on this continent has victimized millions and led to its stunted economic growth. The west can be held accountable for such issues. African countries have been forced to depend on the west due to their encouragement of neediness through structural adjustment programs (SAPs), national debts and the western political control in African countries. Such factors have caused, less developed countries in African to become economically dependent on the economically developed countries in the global north through modern day colonial rule.
Neo-colonialism is a policy whereby a major country such as the United States of America and European nations use economic and political means to perpetuate or extend its influence over undeveloped nations. This had been proven with several African nation-states. Africa’s economic potential has been interfered with the Western world. Over the decades the western grip on Africa seems to have loosened however, this is not the case at all. The global north’s control throughout Africa is less abrupt when compared to the 15th century during the times of slavery and colonization. The Western World’s grip on this continent has taken a new form—neo-colonialism. Americans and Europeans maintain control over Africa with indirect colonial rule. This is shown with: structural adjustment programs, national debts and the western political control. These factors nonetheless encourage dependency with many African countries.
At a first glance foreign aid to a struggling African country seems as the
The western world hindered Africa’s potential to be an economic superpower. The destruction of African nation states illustrates an ongoing struggle and sheds light to many of the major crisis the continent is encountering. Africa’s economic dependency on the global north is a direct result of the western world’s influence throughout the continent. The lack of great productivity on this continent has victimized millions and led to its stunted economic growth. The west can be held accountable for such issues. African countries have been forced to depend on the west due to their encouragement of neediness through structural adjustment programs (SAPs), national debts and the western political control in African countries. Such factors have caused, less developed countries in African to become economically dependent on the economically developed countries in the global north through modern day colonial rule.
Neo-colonialism is a policy whereby a major country such as the United States of America and European nations use economic and political means to perpetuate or extend its influence over undeveloped nations. This had been proven with several African nation-states. Africa’s economic potential has been interfered with the Western world. Over the decades the western grip on Africa seems to have loosened however, this is not the case at all. The global north’s control throughout Africa is less abrupt when compared to the 15th century during the times of slavery and colonization. The Western World’s grip on this continent has taken a new form—neo-colonialism. Americans and Europeans maintain control over Africa with indirect colonial rule. This is shown with: structural adjustment programs, national debts and the western political control. These factors nonetheless encourage dependency with many African countries.
At a first glance foreign aid to a struggling African country seems as the
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