Consequences of Colonialism in Africa

The self-sufficient African economies were destroyed, transformed and subordinated by colonial domination.
Class differentiation in African society occurred as a result of the impact of colonial domination.
The links of African countries with each other and with other parts of the world were disrupted.
European powers reduced the economies of Africa to colonial dependencies
through the power of finance capital.
The loans for the Suez Canal enmeshed Egypt in debt.
Ethnic conflicts which paralyze many parts of Africa today are rooted in
the arbitrary superimposition of territorial boundaries on an essentially tribal society.
Colonialism also reinforced the racist and race superiority ideologies that served the economic and social interests of Europeans and their descendants.