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It is really too soon to put together all the puzzle piecies concerning the colonization of Africa. Understanding and trying to give an accurate assessment of the effects of the long-time colonization of Africa is not possible at this time because all involved are still reacting violently to the West interfering with the East. Time wise it happened barely yesterday, thirty or forty years ago when nation by nation first began demanding that European controllers leave their country. This time distance is no more than minutes when measured against historians 3000 years further on in trying to figure it out.

But what appears to be happening and what will have long term consequences on the global world has changed. No longer will some bullying little (or big) country be able to do what they please and force their lifestyles on others. The world now is shrinking to a 'one size fits all' form of humanity. Certain things such as torture and rape and plundering are out in the open and ways must be found to stop it. Lessons of the colonozation of Africa belong both to the controlling countries and the controlled countries. A far loftier way of looking at those times is that both cultures learned of the other and because of it, is now more able to grasp the concept of a global economy.

While saying the above and applauding the independence of the African Nations who have the blessings of so many other nations, I must say what I believe. Overall, the occupation, to some measure, and in some countries, and at some times, were good. Surely the African Nations, to some measure, and at some times, benefited from the agreement. And like wise for the European countries occupying. Did it not open up avenues of learning of other cultures, giving opportunities otherwise that would not have been available and and dit it not ward off terror by some of their own warring factions?

It is a well known fact that out of tragedy comes triumph, and it is an ill wind that blows in without doing some good, or a cloud appearing tht does not have a silver lining. And, sad to say, there are people, who will take advantage of every situation if given a chance. What about the pirates on the Barbary coast that had to be stopped. They were stopped and that was good. The countries that wanted to move in to occupy and to claim goods as their own had their ready excuse. But once there not all they did was bad. Nor was all they did was good.

So there we see how good and evil for all time is constantly being pitted against the other. Good and honorable peacemakers dream of peacemaking while scoundrels at the time are masquerading around in the same clothes. It's the way of the world and the colonization of Africa is an example.

I prefer to believe that good will be the long term good of the colonization of Africa. And if enough people think as I do, it will be a fact. In 3050 parents will be telling their children how they managed to escape from some horrendous happening that took the lives of their parents. And other stories. But now those who lived through the colonization times should be writing their stories down. And those who are concerned today should see that they are written down. This will be an important first step at getting at the truth. Then maybe in another two or three hundred years some semblance of the truth of the occupation will begin to shine forth.

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My own thoughts

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