Why is Africa Still So Poor?

The African continent is famous for its poverty… But many people don’t know the complete reason why Africa is so poor. In this video we will look from the point when African countries were rich and powerful, how over the centuries Africa lost its wealth, and why Africa hasn’t been able to crawl out of it’s poverty while so many other countries and former colonies have.

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The history of African poverty by numbers: Evidence and vantage points


Keith Somerville's 'Africa's Long Road Since Independence'
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Pictures of Arnaldo Tamayo. Author: Escla -

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