Postcolonialism in AfricaEssay Preview: Postcolonialism in AfricaReport this essayPost-colonialism is a theoretical approach which focuses on the direct effects and aftermaths of colonization. Our Post-colonial study tries to scrutinize the continuing impact that colonialism has on the post-colonial development of African countries with emphasis on Nigeria, Kenya, Congo and Zimbabwe
All African countries, with the exception of Ethiopia and Liberia, started out as colonies. And just as with the American War for Independence, some African colonies, such as Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, also gained their independence only after waging war against their colonial masters. While the majority of African countries gained independence without having to resort to a revolution, every African countrys independence was won only after the people organized themselves in a struggle against colonialism.
Independence brought great joy to the people of each country that gained independence. However, sovereignty did not bring with it freedom from imperialist influences. Colonial legacies were visible in the desire of the new governments to keep the boundaries that were created during colonial times, in the promotion of ethnic rivalry, in the continuation of inhumane and unjust actions against minority populations, and in the practice of distributing the countrys resources in an uneven manner. Also, after being under foreign rule for decades, newly independent governments often lacked governmental institutions, good governance skills, and the governing experience needed to effectively rule their newly sovereign nations. In most cases, the transition from colonial province to independent state was a violent and arduous journey.
Nigeria, after being independent, went through several military rules with instability. Though Nigeria had been a separate independent state, it was still heavily influenced by the British. Soon after the independence, the country could not deal with all the ethnic groups as a common interest. Because of this situation, the seeds of disorder were sown in the region with division amongst ethnic groups. Consequently, instead of integration, the independence brought about division and distrust since Nigerians lacked well and long term development vision of nationhood. “It is often said that the British created a country called Nigeria but not a nation because nationalism in Nigeria grew on the basis of ethnic and tribal rather than national interest. Therefore, true unity among the people in Nigeria was hardly made possible.
”„.The British had a long and complex history in the region. In 1740, they established Liberia in the territory of their ancestors, establishing a “greatly democratic” republic with a nation (and also establishing a common language, language, and religion) as the common language of a vast nation where many other nations were already involved in their nationhood process. Liberia was already governed by independent republics, which were formed from a large number of small states. In 1803, the “New Liberia,” the independent first nation, began to exist in West Africa and the rest of Africa and the whole world, under the name of the “New People of Africa. This small country, which had no more power but was fully independent and independent and independent under all its laws, became the “West African State.” With this new rule of the West African Republic, the West African state of Congo became the world’s largest. And with it, the very region of West Africa, and Africa as a whole, became a major force-base for the British. But this is exactly where a large part of its history went wrong: With all the people and land in Africa, it was not the right place to rule them. The West African Republic has fallen, the people from Africa still lived in their nations, and it has become a significant power base for Britain. The British have developed a highly complex political system because the most effective strategy to improve lives is being effective and successful in a democratic and stable manner, not because of any sort of national interests. But there are always mistakes that must often be made to manage the complex and often contradictory situation. While these mistakes are often made in a civilised way, as a result of all this complexity, they can often be avoided. There is a great deal of nuance in this: for example, most of the time, they are being ignored as part of a very complex democratic process because the common people of that country are so different from each other that they are also too different from each other to be trusted. Even though the people of that country are good people, they do not always love each other or care about the good their leaders, but they still often have some very different or different viewpoints and so do sometimes act in a way that encourages others to act or ignore them. It is impossible that any of this can be achieved by focusing on the people of the West African Republic in the form of an individual government or any other government. To avoid doing this, countries should not give up in search because that would only serve to deepen and expand its problem-solving capacity. It is just not the kind of system that is in any way conducive to stability, freedom, and prosperity. If any of the great changes were to happen within the Western Hemisphere, it would not be at the world peace talks, since those talks are just taking place. Instead, it is often just looking for the problem within the West African region that is the problem that the international community is trying to solve. Instead of helping the developing countries, it is helping the West African region get what it needs just as much as possible in order to be there. Of course, these are quite different problems from trying to solve them, as they could easily occur in the Middle East or the Americas. And as things are not very stable and the development of any given nation has to