Neo Colonialism Essay

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF NEO COLONIALISM IN AFRICA Neo colonialism begun soon after the demise of colonialism in Africa when African achieved its independences colonial policies still haunted its development strategies through neo colonialism. Colonialist granted only the flag independent in their colonies not the fully independent by means that neo colonialism come to control Africa countries indirect that way some historians scholars argue that neo colonialism is a colonial policy performed by the imperialist power with the new hidden mechanism in order to reinforce capitalism maximize profit and maintain the economic,political,ideological and military influence of colonial time neo colonialism in Africa work in the step of colonialism but in hidden mechanism or in indirect way. CONCEPT OF NEO COLONIALISM Neo colonialism. A first official definition was provided by the all African people conference in the 1961 resolution on neo colonialism defining it as the survival of the colonial system in spite of formal recognition of political independence in emerging countries which become victims of an indirect and subtle form of domination by political,economic,social,military and technical means. this system works in independent Africans countries via the international institutions such as the world bank,IMF,and other institutions. The world trade under the leading capitalist nations like USA ,FRANCE,JAPAN ,ENGLAND and other capitalist nation. Or Therefore neo colonialism refers to the indirect control of the African nation by their former masters socially, politically, and economically. this came about following the attainment of flag independence from the colonial masters. HOW NEO COLONIALISM OPERATE IN AFRICA After independent neo colonialism is operating in different way in Africa countries in open ways
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