tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5756491260707056935..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): How African countries got their bordersMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81505094829997791852012-03-30T11:42:47.404-05:002012-03-30T11:42:47.404-05:00You only have to look at how Belgium ruled Rwanda ...You only have to look at how Belgium ruled Rwanda to see how colonial ruling tactics would give birth to extreme violence:<br /><br />http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/rwanda/etc/cron.htmlStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619153370091469672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55184165095955535042012-03-30T00:51:20.579-05:002012-03-30T00:51:20.579-05:00One question that I have asked is why has recent A...One question that I have asked is why has recent African history been so violent and bloody, especially as compared to earlier European conflicts. Having asked that, I have come to the conclusion that it is because of three major reasons, first the weapons available to the combatants. Up in Europe, the combatants were limited to either swords and related weapons in the earliest periods, or single shot muskets in the more recent periods. Both mean that it is much harder to kill someone in the first place, and it makes it easier to defend yourself from an aggressor.<br /><br />A second reason is the media. Earlier European conflicts have been somewhat cleansed of the more bloody and unsavory aspects of the conflict, whereas we can see and more immediately react to current African conflicts.<br /><br />And third and finally is because of European Colonialism, which (in the Middle East) placed the Kurds in at least two separate nations, this happened all over Africa, with some tribes being split between three or more nations. This both meant that the members of one tribe in Nation #1 cannot receive the support of it's natural ally, the members of the same tribe in Nation #2, and that both sections of the tribe will be forced to fight against more opponents then would have otherwise occurred naturally.<br /><br />DaBrisDavid Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126105474106003061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-34839327898823452892012-03-29T16:55:50.520-05:002012-03-29T16:55:50.520-05:00And divide and conquer within those colonies as we...And divide and conquer within those colonies as well as exploiting differences among the colonized was the rule. It's not wonder that it's been so hard for Africans to recover.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619153370091469672noreply@blogger.com