If, Africa would have State/Nations in the place of countries made for the Europeans, would it be less poor?

I believe that the majority of wars was because the ethnic groups mixed in countries made for Europeans... Africans could not make their State/Nations like the Europeans doIf, Africa would have State/Nations in the place of countries made for the Europeans, would it be less poor?
Shanghai, that's just blatantly racist. Africans are not ';greedy and corrupt'; any more than anyone else is.





If the Europeans had never colonised Africa, what we would see today would be less ';artificial'; nations that are essentially the areas of land in which the tribes live. And yes, there would still unfortunately be wars, but they would be easier to resolve because different peoples would not have been forced together in the same country. There would still be instances where a big tribe conquers a small tribe - and that can lead to rebellions, riots, insurgency, terrorism...





However, Africa was colonised by the Europeans and there are many instances where the division of land when the Europeans left has caused a lot of trouble. Maybe if the land was divided more appropriately and with better care, there would be less strife. The British set up many democracies when they left, which meant that the country could fend for itself, but some colonial powers just left the land as it was, with the natural resources unavailable to the country that needs them.





However, the biggest problem is that of debt. After the colonialist powers pulled out, they loaned a lot of money to the African countries to get them going. This was good, and kickstarted a lot of economies. The trouble is, these rich countries now want their money back, which is crippling an economy that otherwise could grow and flourish. THAT is the problem why parts of Africa are so poor.





And whoever it was that said 'democracy is a dirty word in africa' what on earth are you talking about? Many people in Africa have spent their lives either upholding a perfectly good democratic system or campaigning for one! People there want freedom and equality just as much as the rest of us.If, Africa would have State/Nations in the place of countries made for the Europeans, would it be less poor?
I see your point, but weren't these indigenous tribes fighting among themselves long before the Europeans imposed their statist system on them? H.G. Wells suggested drawing national boundaries along racial and religious lines back at the beginning of the 20th Century, but the problem with that simplistic philosophy is that no matter where you draw the lines, you're going to have border areas where two rival groups meet and create conflicts. There's also the problem of two groups claiming the same turf. So would the Africans have been any better off if the white man had never set foot on its shores? As the Brits say, not bloody likely!
Hi there.


You make a very good point. The countries represent colonial conquest, not ethnicity.


Botswana is an exception, basically encompassing the land of the Swana - no coincidence that it is one of the least corrupt, best run and peaceful countries in sub-Saharan Africa.


A division along ethnic lines would make a lot of sense, like all the trouble in the former Yugoslavia proved.


Cheers, Steve.
The reason Africa is still poor, although East Asia, which was just as poor as Africa one hundred years ago is no longer poor, is that the Africans refuse to practice birth control. That's also why they have such a high rate of HIV infection.
They would still be fighting anyways and some tribes are too small. Some have 30 million people, others have around 500,000 people.





However, their countries would be more political stable if it was divided by ethnic group instead of 100 or so
No because they had no idea beyond the tribes,, No idea of countries or nations ,, Civilisation and the rest were so far behind .. As for democracy... Its a dirty word in most African countries ,,
So you think that it has nothing to do with their war like tribal culture and their greedy and corrupt nature.





come get real