{"id":62519,"date":"2017-08-02T01:15:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/colonialism-in-africa-is-still-alive-and-well-letters\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T01:31:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:31:42","slug":"colonialism-in-africa-is-still-alive-and-well-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/colonialism-in-africa-is-still-alive-and-well-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonialism in Africa is still alive and well | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBritish colonialism still plays a major role in the tragedies and disasters we see in Africa today, writes Osaki Peebe HarrySam Akaki\u2019s letter (Africa\u2019s tragedies aren\u2019t a result ofcolonialism, 28 July) is interesting, but lacks certain facts. Any careful analysis will show that British colonialism still plays a major role in the tragedies and disasters we see in Africa today. Take the migrants\u2019 deaths in the Mediterranean, and the continued hardline policies being pursued by the British government toward migrants, and say this is not colonialism at its worst.Today\u2019s waves of migration are a direct result of Britain\u2019s disastrous intervention in the ousting and killing of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. This is a fact many in the corporate and government controlled media choose to ignore. Before the disastrous events in Libya, the government and its people accommodated many migrants from all over Africa, who went to Libya to better their lives. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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