Effects of colonialism on the development of Modern African States
Ramat-Gan (2011) advances that the advent of colonialism in Africa formed the basis of the economic underdevelopment that continues to plague the countries in the modern world. The introduction of colonialism is linked to the many problem associated with the atrocities that the colonial masters implicated on the poor civilian natives of the time. Duke (2010) observes that the colonialism in Africa took different phases and faces. While the British used the direct and indirect rule in some areas, the French adopted the assimilation policy. Whichever the method that the colonial masters had, one character trait that they shared ...