Europe has always misunderstood what Africans want..
“Take up the White Man’s burden, Send forth the best ye breed
Go bind your sons to exile, to serve your captives’ need;”
—Rudyard Kipling
Throughout the last five centuries, Africa has existed in the Western imagination between two polarized extremes.
One is the Africa that exists as treasure trove of spoils, a source of slaves to take as free labor, and a vast land full of natural riches for the taking.
The other extreme is the Africa…
Source: What China Knows about Africa That the West Doesn’t | The National Interest