Chapter
4
Colonialism and the
African Experience
Virtually everything that has gone wrong in Africa since the
advent of independence has been blamed on the legacies of
colonialism. Is that fair? Virtually all colonial powers had
“colonial missions.” What were these missions and why
were they apparently such a disaster? Did any good come
out of the African “colonial experience”?
Introduction
Colonization of Africa by European countries was a monumental milestone in
the development