Oppressed and common Africans need to UNITE , take up arm in numbers, Carry out bloody violent revolution against corrupt elites. Replace them with new set of patriotic elites if and if only Africa is to ever GET IT RIGHT.
Walter Rodney was wrong.
Africans are poor because too many African countries make it hard to start businesses, get permits, access reliable electricity, trade freely, protect property, enforce contracts, attract investment, and keep the rewards of hard work.
Singapore is richer than Britain, its former colonizer.
Switzerland, which never built a colonial empire, is richer than Spain and Portugal, two of the greatest imperial powers in history.