Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Torture of Africa

During the control of Africa, by the Europeans, humans lost their morals. All the European countries that had control of provinces in Africa, forced the natives to work until they die. They could care less about the families they were tearing apart, the lives they were destroying, or the conditions of the natives. They just wanted a product that they could sell for money, even if all the resources were dry, they would force the natives to search every nook and cranny. This is an epitome of White Man's Greed, forcing people to work under them until they got what they wanted, and when all the people of the town were either not capable of working anymore, or dead, they would move on. What happened in Africa during this time period was just terrible and embarrassing for humanity. Because of Europeans actions in Africa, Africa is still recovering. The natives were never able to flourish or develop their land themselves and all the good resources were stolen by the whites, so now they have nothing to sell in the present day. The economy went under after the whites scrapped everything off of the continent, so the the governments were never able to afford vaccines and medicines for their people, so now they are feeling the repercussions of the white's actions. Even though the Europeans left Africa almost 100 years ago in some countries, they natives are still suffering.

1 comment:

  1. So two questions, do you think that it was beneficial for the European countries to eventualy leave, or should they have stayed and tried to help recover these destroyed countries. ALso do you think this is much different from what happened in the Americas and parts of asia during collonialism?

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