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Why haven’t more colonial borders been redrawn?
For context, I’m a European who has read a bit (and continue to read) about African history before, during and after colonialism. I recognise I’m ignorant, and I apologise in advance if this is an unhelpful or recurrent question. There’s a lot more for me to learn, hence why I’d love to learn from actual people, as well as if you’ve got any good book suggestions by African authors.
I hear that a lot of issues within Africa are due to the way European colonisers divided up the continent, splitting nations in half and lumping others together. Since this has been such a cause of issues, why haven’t more of the borders been redrawn?
Sure, there have been instances where the borders have been redrawn post-independence (eg. merger of Zanzibar and Tanganyika, independence of Eritrea and South Sudan) but that’s really not that many considering the size and diversity of Africa, and the desire to move forwards away from the shadow of colonialism.
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For context, I’m a European who has read a bit (and continue to read) about African history before, during and after colonialism. I recognise I’m ignorant, and I apologise in advance if this is an unhelpful or recurrent question. There’s a lot more for me to learn, hence why I’d love to learn from actual people, as well as if you’ve got any good book suggestions by African authors.
I hear that a lot of issues within Africa are due to the way European colonisers divided up the continent, splitting nations in half and lumping others together. Since this has been such a cause of issues, why haven’t more of the borders been redrawn?
Sure, there have been instances where the borders have been redrawn post-independence (eg. merger of Zanzibar and Tanganyika, independence of Eritrea and South Sudan) but that’s really not that many considering the size and diversity of Africa, and the desire to move forwards away from the shadow of colonialism.
#local
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It's a problem a mojar one the leaders in position don't have that thinking of completely liberat Africa from the aftercolonism
