And in steps one of the resident Africa experts.

BigTex, i read your initial entry into this thread and my head nearly exploded, as they would say on the chans, through pure raaaaage. The European powers did not abandon the colonies so quickly. Think about it. You're a country like Britain. You've grown big, fat and rich from having a giant empire. You tried pretty damn hard to hold onto India, but couldn't due to overwhelming opposition. You're still recovering from a war that has left your country broken. Do you want to give up the rest of your empire, an empire that could help get you back on your feet? Of course not. But obviously the natives wouldn't have this. They were quite happy to shove us out, despite having very little experience in running a country.

And then with the great satan gone, they all turn in on themselves. Petty tribal disputes that had been suppressed by 'evil' colonialism resurface, and before you know it, a continent that was once regarded as being a land of riches quickly becomes well known for being one of the few places in the world to contain constant warfare, starvation and general human suffering on a massive scale.

Countries like India and such haven't been successful because of Britain treating them nicely - if anything, we just packed our bags and left. Simple as. And they've done fine. The reason Africa as a whole is a failed nation is because of their own culture. African tribal culture cannot work in the modern world. It cannot work with regards to nation states and general civilized society.

And as had been mentioned, a good example is Rhodesia. White power, it was stable, and had so much money that it was coming out of it's ears and other orifices. It fed most of Africa. Then introduce Chinese-sponsored, marxist guerilla, Robert Gabriel Mugabe into the mix, along with a few insignificant others backed by the USSR. Fighting a war of attrition against the white minority, it was inevitable they would win. And look what happened there. For the first few years, he seemed to be doing quite well. But already the tribal problems were showing, with genocide in Matabeland completely ignored by the world. Why was this genocide against another tribe ignored? Because Mugabe was seen as a hero. He had gotten the 'evil' white man out of power, and handed another African nation back to Africans.

Now he is seen for the evil bastard he truly is, and has made his once beautiful country into another typical African hellhole.

South Africa is going the same way. Apartheid was a truly evil system, but at least the country could be considered a second-world, maybe even first-world country. Under the corrupt leadership of its tribal natives and their failure to maintain law and order, they are now offering a truly unique sight to the world - the first ever first-world country to regress into a third-world country. An entire nation stagnating.

Face it - as long as African tribal culture exists as it does, Africa will be nothing more than a mismanaged, corrupt, brutal and uninhabitable hellhole, the closest thing we can have to hell on Earth.