In Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali, the imperial powers have been confronted with the most irrecoverable losses they’ve ever encountered throughout the African continent. With the formal decolonization of Africa, the imperialists were able to set up a new mode of colonial exploitation via coercing the former colonies into complying with the whims of international capital; whereas with these new developments, such a backup plan isn’t feasible.
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