Economics

Gabon, a country of immense natural wealth, presents a compelling case study of Africa’s structural dependency on Western powers. Its story is one of a “paradox of plenty,” where vast resources, particularly oil, have not translated into widespread prosperity or genuine economic sovereignty. Instead, the country’s trajectory since independence has been shaped by a complex […]

Africa’s economic and political landscape today is deeply intertwined with a historical legacy of colonialism that has created a structural dependency on Western countries. This dependency is not an accident of history but a carefully constructed system that has evolved over centuries, from the transatlantic slave trade to the modern era of neocolonialism. To understand […]