But the discovery of Africa was followed by a period of economic exploitation and that of human resources including servitude and the results of great human tragedies. But, Europe still do not want to accept responsibility for this because of the shame and embarrassment. The post imperialism period followed a struggle for African nations to govern themselves since the countries were left in disarray after independence. Even today, there is still an ongoing struggle to establish effective democracy in many of these African nations. As a result, the Western World cannot say it is without fault in the destabilization of African governments.
Nobody can take back history.
We should therefore stop bashing each other over the head with the shame of the past. But, we can take positive actions and work together to influence a positive outcome for the future. Whether the Western media will continue African news coverage with the prejudice and bigotry of yesteryears remains to be seen in the future. The answer to such question lies in the ways positive developments in African countries are reported and highlighted by the main media in the U.S. and other European countries. It is cheaper and more effective to support the building of a nation under a democratic government like Nigeria than to spend billions of dollars to wage wars of liberation like in the former Yugoslavia.