In the Challenge for Africa, Wangari Maathai shows the immense amounts of
hardships that Africans have to endure. From diseases that kill many to debt
that has continuously held the country back from making any progress. The media
has given light to many of the problems faced in Africa, but I couldn’t help
but wonder how did the Africa land in such a depressive state. After reading a
little bit about the history of Africa, I found that a string of unfortunate
events led to their collapse.
Africa was once a powerful country too. However, slave
trading took a large proportion of their men and women out of the country. With
so many men and women being shipped off as slaves, I believe this severely
affected the gene pool as many of the strongest and most intelligent people
were brutally hijacked from their own country. Fast forward after several
hundred years of lynching, this is why Africa has taken such a long time to
recover. It’s funny how many of the superpowers today would not be where they
are without Africa, and yet, no one has done anything noteworthy enough to help
Africa out of the slumps.
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