I have been traversing across Africa, but i am baffled by the level of underdevelopment in Africa. I find it ironical that Africa, which I can regard as the most reach continent under the universe is the least developed among others. I have tried to understand the underlying factors for the Level of underdevelopment in Africa but I am yet to find the answers.
Some theorists have argued that the Level of Underdevelopment Africa can be explained by slavery and colonization because these led to not only Africa losing variety of its energetic and intelligent persons, but also to political instability, weakening of states, political and ethnic fragmentation and a deterioration of legal institutions. Supportive theorists such as Rodney say that the level of underdevelopment in Africa is traced to the effect of colonial exploitation. Others argue that the export of an estimated 12 million people across the Atlantic, and possibly a similar number to the Arab world lowered the population growth in Africa and led to devastating conflicts that the curtailed trade, income generation and development.
Some studies however have indicated that slavery and colonization are not the main factor for the level of underdevelopment in Africa. P.T. Bauer says that (in Equality, The Third World, and Economic Delusion, 1981) that colonialism alone cannot be used to explain the level of underdevelopment in Africa because even “Some of the most backward countries such as Afghanistan, Tibet, Nepal, Liberia, and Ethiopia were never colonized. In any case, countries like Zimbabwe, South Africa Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya which incurred a higher impact of colonization seem to be progressing better than those which had less impact or were never colonized.
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