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In April of 1977, I was forced by persistent ill-health to return to my native country, Sierra Leone, for "native treatment." This may sound ridiculous to the reader, why I had to leave the United States where I could have received good medical treatment. Not that I found the...
The ills of the continent are apparent in most of the African countries, and my experience of living in a village of about 20 people and three bamboo huts was an aweinspiring one. At Kadingbili, I saw the life of a people that have never been exposed to the western...
If the primary objective of the colonialists was to bring civilization and religion to Africa, then the wealth and dazzling beauty of Africa was too tempting for their feeble minds. Civilization was brutal and savage; the cross lost track of the guiding light, and the primary motive of their cause...
The end of the Second World War opened the flood gates for nationalist movements in Africa. Students who had studied abroad, men like the late Kwame Nkrumah, the late I.T.A. Wallace Johnson, Namdi Azikiwe and many other began to fan the flames of nationalist movements in the continent. African newspapers...
I have briefly tried to present without any prejudice an adjective picture of how the situation was from pre-colonial to the post-independence era. The question that remains to be answered is what has made Africa a poor continent. Many have glorified the African past, that is, pre-colonial...