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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
Yes i did and I offer my apologies for the ommission as he was ultimately responsible for a great number of horrendous murders - his own tribe, Zulu, and whites. Which leads me to ask a question - are any of these countries better off (the general population), than they were under Colonial Rule?
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I suppose the answer to your question is ...... who's fault is it that "British Africa" is in the state its in .......in my opinion its the fault of succesive British Govts. beginning with the infamous "Winds of Change " speech made by Prime Minister Harold Macmillon , which signaled the abandoment of our 'responsibilities' . We just pulled out leaving the native populations to manage for themselves in a world of which they had no knowledge ..... and then we acted all surprised when folks like Idi Amin, Mugabe,Kenyatta or Mandela popped up . Don't get me wrong the British weren't the only ones who made a collosal mistakes , anyone remember Emporer Bokassa of the "Central African Empire" or Mobutu in Zaire and his brother-in-law Holden Roberto in Angola