Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions,big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queriesNow here’s a question that demands an answer. Why is it that arguably the world’s richest continent – in terms of natural resources – has some of the world’s poorest people? to reply it, we’d need to rob a trip down memory lane. Already I can sense you rolling your eyes deep into the back of your head. “whether I hear one more time about slavery in Africa …”We often seem to be a people with diminutive patience for history or interest in the impact of past events on present realities. But time isn’t linear and we aren’t always moving forward. There is no other way to understand Africa nowadays without considering the history of the continent.
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Source: theguardian.com