The European colonialism and the Cold War Constitute two major eras in African history. Unfortunately, neither the Cold War or European colonialism lasted for more than one hundred years in any part of Africa. "At the end of formal European colonization of Africa, there has been a lot of controversy relating to its actual impact on modern Africa." There was a very seen pattern that was occurring, and it showed the debate on the impact of the colonialism that followed closely to the predispositions, racial and ideological, that had their interest at most. Many would say, "Colonialism had only one hand, it was a one-armed bandit." With this being said, I believe that it is easier said than done when trying to protect each other, because no matter what, people don 't know how to act in certain situation, and it always results in violence.
In contemporary Africa, economically and technologically, colonialism left mixed legacies. "It had provided basic modern transportation, communications, infrastructures paved roads, railroads, electricity, buses, hotels, telephone systems, and more, also with the development of money economy, especially with cash crop production. Colonial economic policies forced African rural producers to turn their backs on the state. "It had been argued that discrepancies between states ' policies "offer opportunities to benefit from better prices across the border and are at the root of the intense cross-border flow between two countries." Contemporary