- (see pdf for formatted version) A half century after the wave of declarations of independence that booted Europeans from the African continent, it is largely accepted that Africa should be - and should have always been - run by Africans. But the wound of European colonization in Africa has not yet fully closed, and Africans are weary of the supposedly benevolent intentions of “the West.” And so they should be; after all, no other continent has endured the sheer quantity of mistreatment and cruelty at the hands of foreigners than has Africa. Unfortunately for Africans, many of their leaders in the post-colonial period have harnessed the power of this exploitation legac…