I hate to say it, but Africa was better off under European colonial rule. Yes, there were obscene atrocities. But atrocities seem to have been committed by eve

I hate to say it, but Africa was better off under European colonial rule. Yes, there were obscene atrocities. But atrocities seem to have been committed by every group of humans at some point in time. Instead, the colonialists would take the natural and mineral wealth, and invest part of it back in the country. They would build infrastructure, provide jobs and basic services. Even today, countries which were more heavily colonised have better outcomes. https://www.nber.org/papers/w18162.pdf https://www.nber.org/papers/w18162.pdf https://thealternativehypothesis.org/index.php/2016/04/15/colonialism-did-not-make-africa-poor/ https://thealternativehypothesis.org/index.php/2016/04/15/co... Now, many Africans are ruled by their own corrupt tribal Warlords, where the entirety of the wealth is stashed offshore, and there is no infrastructure and no jobs. Whatever mineral and natural wealth there is is being rapidly diluted by unsustainable population growth rates. At the very least, the Europeans could have carefully and slowly cultivated a local elite to take over the countries, instead of rapidly bailing out. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3679706.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3679706.stm