Why are predominately black countries mostly poor? in your opinion

[KOohbt]

Cause cacs had nothing and took our shyt by force and all manner of demonic ways. That's all you really need to know. We went from the richest people in the world to the poorest cause of cacs.

 

[observe]

Colonization ,, when the elites force and exploit people to work only they get rich,,,over time that wealth accumulates thru generations ,, that's how you get the 1%,, Africans who were working never got to build up revenue because they were working for free or low pay for so many years ,,,now the whites have had control over most of Africa's natural resources that are worth a lot on the market like gold and diamond mines and sugar.. ... Whites make money of the land while Africans make little to none..it's not cuz of illiteracy because I'm sure if Africans would learn to read they would surpass anyone..they just can't afford the opportunities to get a good education because they're broke from working for the white man many generations

 

[ejthompson23]

This is a fairly legitimate question. Why is it that I as a black man cannot live in a predominately black run nation that isn't struck with abject poverty? I know the reasoning for this depends on the historical/economical status of that particular country. Every country has its own set of issues. However abject poverty seems to be the overriding theme for many predominately black nations across the planet.

The Asians have Japan, South Korea and Singapore. These countries has vastly different histories than a lot of African nations. They've also overcome oppression by the west and currently have relatively healthy economies.
Africa as a whole seems to be undergoing steady development but they are years, if not decades behind the rest of the world.

I know answering this question would take extensive research. I know this is pretty vague question so im asking for opinions.

Africa (the land) ain't shyt...Africa (the people) aint shyt...there's literally not one thing of value in Africa...the whole continent should be used to graze farm animals...the people are backwards as fukk...we need to stop making Africa threads since we lost any link we had to that hell hole over 200 years ago...we're Americans regardless of skin color...Africa can go to hell...

 

[DEAD7]

Africa was behind before colonization.

Where are you guys getting this stuff?

 

[Poitier]

Africa was behind before colonization.

 

[KOohbt]

Africa was behind before colonization.

Where are you guys getting this stuff?

Which part cause it def wasn't west Africa.

 

[Poitier]

Its pretty much agreed upon that Western/ Northern Europe didn't become semi civilized until after the 100 years war and French revolution

meanwhile

Almoravids,Mali,Axum, Swahili Coast, Great Zimbabwe

 

[KOohbt]

Even though cacs downplay it. Them west African empires were far richer then Europe could even fathom before they came and fukked it up.

 

[Chris.B]

Some Africans sold their old brethren in an exchange for beer introduced by Europeans.

Read about African slave trades.
African leaders haven't been shyt since the beginning of time and won't be shot for the force-able future.

 

[DEAD7]

I think the terms rich and poor are misleading...

 

[KOohbt]

The rampant coning on this site is frightening.

 

[Tom Foolery]

Bad economics all around.

Lack of educated/skilled workers, no capital/investments funding (either not given or stolen), no infrastructure and unpredictable environment.

And Africa isn't the only place that has black countries brehs.

 

[DEAD7]

The climate in the tropics is a little too friendly to diseases and pests(tsetsefly), a little too hostile to settled agriculture, and too difficult to traverse for trade(google disease belts). Few places in Africa managed to achieve high population densities and advanced civilizations, and they were generally too far apart to easily trade key resources with each other and maintain economic growth, which slowed their development.

Moreover, no long-standing transcontinental trade routes (especially natural waterways), the lack of development and maintenance of literacy, poor agricultural resources, the lack of semi-defensible geography of Europe and Asia, etc prevented sub saharan africa from developing industrial civilization. (The nations of North Africa, on the other hand--particularly Egypt and Carthage--were as developed technologically and politically as contemporary nations in the Mediterranean and more advanced in their time that the nations of Northern Europe.)

To jump to colonialism is to start the story in the middle.

...Though its worth noting conservative islam crippled northern africa's advancement

 

[Poitier]

Ahhh he thinks North Africa isn't apart of Africa


Still doesn't explain Mali, Great Zimbabwe, Swahili Coast, Axum, Nubia, Punt, Yam, Zulu, etc

 

[KOohbt]

The climate in the tropics is a little too friendly to diseases and pests(tsetsefly), a little too hostile to settled agriculture, and too difficult to traverse for trade(google disease belts). Few places in Africa managed to achieve high population densities and advanced civilizations, and they were generally too far apart to easily trade key resources with each other and maintain economic growth, which slowed their development.

Moreover, no long-standing transcontinental trade routes (especially natural waterways), the lack of development and maintenance of literacy, poor agricultural resources, the lack of semi-defensible geography of Europe and Asia, etc prevented sub saharan africa from developing industrial civilization. (The nations of North Africa, on the other hand--particularly Egypt and Carthage--were as developed technologically and politically as contemporary nations in the Mediterranean and more advanced in their time that the nations of Northern Europe.)

To jump to colonialism is to start the story in the middle.

...Though its worth noting conservative islam crippled northern africa's advancement

So now Mali, songay,Ghana, tichitt walata, nok etc never existed?