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African states have low state capacity for a multitude of reasons, chiefly colonialism which absolutely was capitalism. Post colonialism, we have situations where foreign mining firms dictate policy and will fund coups or break workers movements to prevent the balance of power shifting to Africans
May 5, 2025, 5:19 PM
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