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EPISODE · Aug 24, 2009 · 23 MIN

Why is Africa poor?

from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2009 · host BBC World Service

Mark Doyle crosses the continent of Africa and finds a place rich in natural resources and human potential, which begs the question, why is Africa poor? Outsiders have been coming to Africa for centuries for its raw materials and potential. It was an exploitative relationship that has contributed to Africa's poverty, but can foreigners now turn the fortunes of a modern Africa?

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