Quote from: Call me Fada on Today at 11:37:34 AM

Africa had been the cradle of civilization since human existence but along the way something happened they lost everything, no power no might no authority, nothing literally nothing, everything was lost all of a sudden the same Africa that was labeled the cradle of civilization was also tagged with incessant racial abuses, violence and attacks.
Egypt as we all know is the cradle of civilization and it is situated in Africa I don’t want to lay emphasis on how Egypt lost it entirely, but rather how come Africa lost it entirely, para venture the Egyptians lost it at least another African country/state/nation would have risen to collect the mantle of leadership the United States of America is enjoying now. This is not a long thread but just a question from a concerned fellow willing to know why Africa lost the mantle of leadership.
Meanwhile please I don’t want religious people to come under the comment section to quote the holy book for me/us all , I only need I need philosophical ideas why you think Africa lost it, also don’t misunderstand this piece I’m not saying there’s no African state doing well that’s not the point .

The problem I see with Africa is that lost their wars in the past and were being subjugated by either Britain or France. Almost all of the African continent was either a colony of one of these two countries. Sure Germany and Italy had some land too but fairly small compared to the other two. The colonies meant that all the local resources were exported to support either France or Britain. There were no big investments in their countries. On top of that were there countries like USA who exported the local population as slave labors. If Africa would have been able to survive on it own and repel all the foreign invasion they would be in a much better position today.