Wale Giwa

University Of Lagos Akoka, Philosophy, Graduate Student

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Wale Giwa is a teacher, prolific writer, researcher, philosopher, pragmatist and entrepreneur.
Phone: 09069498008
Address: 14, Isiba, Otun Oba, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria

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Africa's Underdevelopment: Who Is Responsible

According to the externalists, Europe should be blamed for the economic backwardness of Africa. H... more According to the externalists, Europe should be blamed for the economic backwardness of Africa. However, this paper shall lean towards the internalist paradigm which asserts that the economic, political and technological stagnation of Africa, can only be traced to Africa. Indeed, Africans underdeveloped Africa. Africa today has been relegated to the third World. The continent is the most underdeveloped in the world, yet riches and wealth are bestowed beneath her bosom. Most Externalists will argue that this unfortunate predicament, was as a result of the dual circumstances that plagued Africa; Slave Trade and Colonialism. It is true that Europe drained Africa to the limit, and charted away her manpower. However, in this dreadful act, African leaders also played a role. To further deliberate on this argument, this article should buttress it point along the yearnings of Slave trade, colonialism, and post independence crisis. To begin with, slave trade began in the early 16th century and ended in the mid 19th century. To be precise, slave trade lasted for about 350 years. Indeed, one of the most dreadful consequences of slave trade in Africa, was depopulation. Population in Africa, during this period, was very slow. While the exact number of slaves captured during the Slave trade era is unknown, it can be asserted that about 6 to 11 million Africans where charted away to Europe and the Americas. While Some died from the point of capture to the point of transportation, others died in the so-called "middle passage". However, as Walter Rodney has rightly pointed out, particular references must be made to the way and manner in which slaves were captured and sold to other slave traders.

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