How Africa Developed Europe

Whether Africa is developed or not, depends on how and what one
addresses. Development is relative. Nonetheless, the fact is: Africa
developed Europe; and thereby became underdeveloped. Addressed
academically, the notion of development creates many questions amongst
which are: Development in what? Whose development? Development for whom?
Who defines development? In this volume, the development dealt with is
polygonal; and touches on politico-economic sequels which also affect
the social aspect. No doubt. Africa is abundantly rich in terms of
resource and culture. Paradoxically, however, Africa is less developed
economically compared to Europe thanks to the history of unequal
encounters, among other reasons. We cannot emphasise enough the fact
that Africa’s underdevelopment is the price of the development of Europe
which is based on historical realities gyrating around Europe’s
criminal past wherein slavery and colonialism enabled Europe to spawn
its future capital and investment. How can anyone quibble about Europe’s
development resulting from perpetual plunderage of Africa with impunity
committed by European treasure-hunting adventurers? This volume
prescribes Africa’s restorative recompense as the only way forward for
the duo and the world.