To what extent did colonialism shape contemporary business climate in Africa

Discussion Prompt: Choose and write on one question from below. Discussion essay should be between 500 and 600 words long. Response to another student’s essay be between 200-250 words.

1. To what extent did colonialism shape contemporary business climate in Africa?

2. Discuss the earliest evidence of Africa’s participation in Global business.

Your discussions must include references from the assigned course readings. Use the question that you are attempting as the title of your essay.

(Assigned course readings.)

• Vincent B. Khapoya. Chapter 4, ?Colonialism and the African Experience? (99-138). In The Africa Experience: An Introduction.
• Nobuhiro Mizuno and Ryosuke Okazawa. ?Colonial Experience and Postcolonial Underdevelopment in Africa.? Public Choice, Vol. 141, No. 3/4 (Dec., 2009), pp. 405-419
• Nunn, N. ?Historical Legacies: A Model Linking Africa?s past to its Current Underdevelopment.? Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 83, No. 1 (2007), pp. 157-175