I know I need not go into any lengthy details surrounding the legacies of both the slave trade and colonialism. However, these legacies, coupled with the political manoeuvrings of the Cold War, saw such things as the police state, institutionlization of bribery and despotic rule become standard fare in African society.
Je ne m'attarderai pas aux conséquences de l'esclavagisme et du colonialisme, mais ces héritages, joints aux manoeuvres de la guerre froide, ont amené une institutionnalisation de l'état policier, de la corruption et du despotisme.