The Legacy of Portuguese colonialism in Africa, stand out because they boasted the most and did the least. Angola remained a Portuguese colony for about 500 years, but after independence, all this country could show for was a bloody civil war. After close to half a thousand years, not a single medical doctor had been trained in Portuguese Mozambique. As for Guinea Bissau, Portugal confessed open neglect of this territory. The recent chaos in Guinea is a sad reminder of the instability which is rampant throughout Portuguese Africa. Angola graduated from its 30-year civil war only with the death of Jonas Savimbi in 2002. However, peace still remains a distant dream in Guinea Bissau as seen in the recent butchery of President Nino Veira. Like in the rest of Africa, this spiral of violence traces its origins back to colonialism.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:21:57 +0000
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