Is it a suprise that a short opinion piece doesn't explore the full depth of Africa's geopolitical situation? You are right that Africa is a big, diverse place

Is it a suprise that a short opinion piece doesn't explore the full depth of Africa's geopolitical situation? You are right that Africa is a big, diverse place, and it is easy to overgeneralize. Sometimes it's easy to undergeneralize, too. Technically-minded people, like the typical HN user, can sometimes over-focus on specifics. I certainly find myself doing that a lot. This article, by focusing on an overview and making broad statements, has to "simplify out" a lot of specifics. Also, I don't think that it's claiming that all of Africa's problems are all the West's fault. It's saying that if Africa, in general, wasn't blatently exploited then it could (eventually) take much better care of itself.