The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State

The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State

Rating

7.0

The Pequod Review:

Why has Africa remained poor for so long? Basil Davidson's 1992 polemic The Black Man's Burden blames the western powers, and specifically the imposition of a nation-state structure that led to harsh dictatorships and a transfer of wealth to local rulers and foreign investors.