Western Policy Toward Africa

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Most of sub-Saharan Africa has long been identified as part of the so-called Third World as far as economic and political development are concerned. Most of the continent was also exploited by different colonial powers during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and into the twentieth centuries. Indeed, the placement of these countries in the category of Third World nations is in part a reflection of the stunted development caused by the colonial experience.

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Most of sub-Saharan Africa has long been identified as part of the so-called Third World as far as economic and political development are concerned. Most of the continent was also exploited by different colonial powers during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and into the twentieth centuries. Indeed, the placement of these countries in the category of Third World nations is in part a reflection of the stunted development caused by the colonial experience. That experience continues to shape relations between Africa and the West both as to how Africa responds to external influences and how those influences are brought to bar through the foreign policy decisions of the West. Britain and France were colonial powers with colonies in Africa, and each has maintained interests on the continent and have ..."

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