So Western corporate interests just pillaged African lands, resources, and people? They didn't employ local labour in their operations or local construction firms to build infrastructure? They didn't pay corporate taxes in those jurisdictions? I'm not saying the flow of capital between Africa and the West, and the distribution of resources within African countries has been equitable, or that colonialism hasn't hurt. Undoubtedly, there's lots of blame to go around (Western corporate interests, local governments, etc.) But Kaplan's gross oversimplification of the issue, and obvious socialistic bias makes it hard to take him seriously.