Impacts of Colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impacts of Colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa
In my view, Sub-Saharan Africa can be determined by the transition boundary that cuts across the Saharan desert and includes all countries that lie below it. Africa is one continent known for its colonization for the longest period that had an effect on it and its people. Africa was hard hit by the European colonization with the region still experiencing the impact to date (Del Casino, Knox, Liverman, Marston, & Robbins, 2014). Slave trade formed the core of the colonialist period with some groups trading others with the European merchants. The trade brought about fallout within groups and communities creating differences that exist to date.
Other than the fallout and living differences, an important factor that we cannot ignore is the set-up of boundaries. It is agreeable that even the countries that fell out with others still exists within the limits established by the colonialists just as the rest of the nations of the continent (Del Casino, et al., 2014). Being that drawing of boundaries was the agreement of colonialists, the lines ended up separating some communities into different regions. One can find a single community split between various countries and live within different boundaries though they still share common language and values at this date.
Even as the decolonization of the African continent left stronger political structures and administrations, political problems that exist to date were the creation of the colonialists. When the active men left, the scuffle was on whom could control the country. Power struggle for control of the states by the groups is not ending anytime soon (Del Casino et al., 2014). The relations and partnerships between African countries and the European countries that colonized them continue to date and foreign languages find root in Africa as the official language. Even as the colonizers left the colonies exhausted in terms of resources, the link still exists, and the African countries still export natural resource to European countries leaving them poor.