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The very first question asked reveals the mindset of the population of Zimbabwe:
(Q): So you want the White man to come back and exploit us, whip in hand?
No matter what the answer is, the White man is not coming back. Black Africans expelled White Africans. Rhodesia became Zimbabwe.
Progress should have gone in a different direction, but it didn't.
It's too late now.
I say one of Africa's biggest issues is sorting out which European ways of doing things should be used vs their traditional African ways of doing things when it comes to governing and economics.
Africans do have a history of governing themselves fairly well during pre-colonial times. It's just a matter of Africans figuring out how to modernized their traditional ways of governing in combination with the European influences they've received.
Before colonialism:
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The Luba empire's expansion was due to its development of a form of government that was durable enough to withstand the disruptions of succession disputes and flexible enough to incorporate foreign leaders and governments. Based on twin principles of sacred kingship (balopwe) and rule by council, the Luba model of statecraft was adopted by the Lunda and spread throughout the region that is today northern Angola, northwestern Zambia, and southern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kingdom of Luba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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At its peak, the Mali Empire extended across West Africa to the Atlantic Ocean and incorporated an estimated 40 to 50 million people. The administration of such an enormous territory was formidable and relied on the establishment of a government sensitive to the diversity of the land, population and cultures and accepting of the indigenous rulers and their customs. What distinguished the empires of West Africa, particularly Mali and later Songhay, was their ability to centralize political and military power while allowing the local rulers to maintain their identities along side Islam...
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