The result is that the compradors and their allies have become parasites and kleptocrats: They rely on plundering the state coffers, illegal contracts, and bribery to make their living. There is a repository of evidence to suppport the fact that various members of the African ruling classes have enriched themselves at the expense of the state - Banbaginda in Nigeria, Doe in Liberia, Boigny in the Ivory Coast, Moi in Kenya, Mobutu in Zaire, to name a few. Amilcar Cabral provides the following illuminating description of the African compradorial class: A pseudo-bourgeoisie controlled by the ruling class of the dominating country... thus the local bourgeoisie, however strongly nationalistic it may be, cannot effectively fulfill its historic function; it cannot freely direct the development of the productive forces; in brief, it cannot be a nationalistic bourgeoisie. (12) The Neocolonial Peripheral Capitalist Economies
Baadhi ya vipengele muhimu katika historia ya Afrika katika hizi miaka hamsini tunaokumbuka na kuadhimisha leo tarehe ishirini na tano, mwezi wa tano zinahusu mipango ya wabeberu kukwamisha hisia za kutafuta uhuru na kujitawala; mapinduzi za kijeshi dhidi serikali za kimapinduzi na kupenda maendeleo; vikwazo dhidi hatua ya kungoa utawala wa ubaguzi wa rangi nchini Afrika Kusini; sera za kigeni za kuyumba yumba ya Serikali ya Amerika ndani ya Somalia na Sudan; mazungumzo na mtandao wa kigaidi ya Al Qaeda; mashambulizi na wanamgambo wenye hisia za siasa kali za Kiislamu kabla mashambulizo New York mnamo mwezi wa tisa tarehe kumi na moja mwaka wa elfu mbili na moja na sera za kupinga ugaidi zilizoibua; mnamo mwaka wa elfu mbili na mbili kulivumbuliwa mpango wa kupambana na ugaidi katika nchi tatu za jimbo la Sahel. Miaka mitatu baadaye mpango huo wa Trans Sahara Counter Terrorist Initiative (TSCTI) ulipanuliwa kushirikisha mataifa mengine tano.