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Question: Why did the African countries not colonize European countries!?
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I don't agree with Banks that Africans respect humans!. There are very few African governments that feel anything for their people and crimes against humanity is the highest in Africa!.

Colonization did not take place visa versa because Africans did not have the same "technology" as Europe!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

England Colonized many african Countries!. To name but two it is South Africa and Zimbabwe!.

South africa was ruled by the British government for centuries!. It became independent from Britain in 1961!. Unfortunately it was continued to be ruked by a white apartheid government!. Only in 1994 under the leadership of former President Nelson Mandela did South Africa become truly democratic where all races of people in South Africa could participate in the electing of their government!.

Zimbabwe was formely known as Southern Rhodesia and later Rhodesia!. Under the leadership of the Prime minister Ian Smith he broke away from British rule and declared what was known as UDI (Unilateral Declaration of Independence) in 1965!. Zimbabwe's struggle continued for Independence thro war against Ian Smiths government by liberation movements!. It was finally recognized as independent when Robert Mugabe government came into power
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Well they did, sort of!. Since it is generally agreed that human life began in Africa, the simple fact that there are people in Europe suggests that they did!.

also the European military power was stronger than that of the majority of the african countries - although some like Egypt and Carthage managed to take territory!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because they didn't develop the science needed for grand scale invasion of another continent and their societies were stable with every class slotted neatly in its place and not moving!. That doesn't give much encouragement to the inventors!. Europe developed because the physical sciences took over from the metaphysical, the lowly machine builder was given as much importance as the philosophers!. It is the only society where it happened by the way, even China which kept invading its neighbours froze its development by relegating technical discoveries to the backyard!.
Because also Africa is huge and the empires that appeared were kept busy in their own backyard invading their own neigbours and none reached the level where they could send troops abroad by sea (building lots and lots of ships, etc)!.
Because there's lots of room in Africa, why go elsewhere!? While Europe was finding itself with lots and lots of people and less and less room and until the Agriculture revolution less and less food!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

They didn't have the civilization or technology to do so!. They had their own wars and slaughtered millions of their own kind!. Except for the Egyptians, that continent never even developed a written language!.

THEY sold their prisoners to the "evil Europeans" and the Moslem Arabs for the slave trade, so the person who answered something about them being peaceful was just being a politically correct mouthpiece!. From Shaka Zulu's massive empire in the south, to the murderous, rape fulled wars of today, the Africans have NEVER been more peaceful than the "evil white people" as stated!.

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North African nations did invade and colonise Europe, Spain and southern France, look up the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, for 700 years parts of Europe were under their control!.

Earlier Hannibal of Carthage had tried to conquer the Roman Empire!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think that the European countries were much more powerful!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because they are not as aggressive like other countries and they are more like people that respect the nature and human!

all this what we see 2day is made by the white man!.!.!.!.guns, bombs, gold, diamonds, etc!.!.!.!.

Africans never looked for a world under their control!
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