History of Poverty in Africa

Poverty in Africa is an ongoing issue that started many generations ago. In fact, poverty in general is an ongoing issue worldwide- but nothing like Africa. As compared to the rest of the world, in thirty years, Africa has managed to sustain a solid 40% of its population living in absolute poverty whereas averaged, the rest of the world diminished from 40% poverty to under 20%. How did Africa become so far behind- or left behind rather. Africa, about a hundred some odd years ago, was not, in fact, such an underdeveloped country. Africa did have some resources that were able to keep its people “in the game” for many years. It wasn’t until the technological advances that Africa started trailing off. As advances were made time and time again, Africa would become further and further behind in the world’s economy. Why is that you ask? Well, you see, as Europe and other areas of the world made more advances, that would equal more jobs, more money, more power, more people wanting to move there, etc. After this kept repeating itself, Africa was left behind in the dust, falling further into poverty as each new technological advance occurred. How come we haven’t done much about this problem? The root of the issue is believed by many to be a political standpoint. As this issue continues to grow at a rapid rate, the governments seem to “help” in only temporary ways only to enhance their political image. Even though the poverty rate increases on the daily, I still believe that there is a chance for Africa to catch up to the world’s economy if we work as a globalized community, and act now, before Africa falls into an even sadder state of poverty.