As I go through some posts made on the forums and I see the comments, to say the least I am not one bit flattered by it. It is as if there are people claiming that colonialism was the best thing for Africa. Well, as a person of African descent, I beg to differ. It is as if people are sitting there saying that Africa was just some savage place with savage people.
Examples of colonial abuses:
In Mozambique, there was a system where the native population was put into a police state. Under the Native Labour Regulations, you could be punished for not working. This is called courvee. This was administered by the Portguese colonial rule. It was labor by force. You might get paid. You might not get paid.
Under the French colonial rule, French West Africans living in Africa were considered subjects, but not citizens. What kind of way is it to live when you are ruled under a foreign empire and you don't get full citizenship. Only in the colony of St. Louis did Africans participate in French national affairshttp://www.africa.upenn.edu/K-12/French_16178.html
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