No, I am not joking. Not all European countries had colonies, yes. Not all European countries are rich. Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain all had colonies and ammassed capital from them while destroying the pre-colonial economy of the colonial territories. Yes, Scandinavia did not ammass capital from colonies, but they were not disrupted by colonialism like African countries were. Africans ruined it because the colonial powers left and the Africans did not have stability because of colonialism. It will take a while for them to rebuild there society. Many tribes were left with uneven resources which caused conflict and many other problems of disorder caused by colonialism could be traced to the modern problems post-colonial countries are facing.   I do have access to other forums beyond opposing views. Me telling the logical truth about why it is the way it is does not go against nationalism. The pre colonial African economy? I didn't know they had one. :D  Just like they didn't have a written language.   African countries were disrupted by colonialism? Did Africans even have countries before Europeans arrived and brought civilization with them? I thought it was just a bunch of tribes in a perpetual state of warfare like the indians. I'm pretty sure they didn't even have a country to be disrupted. Without Euros they wouldn't even have countries, they would still be in a constant state of tribal warfare, actually......they are:o