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Imperialism continued after the end of formal colonization, and takes place even in countries that weren't formally colonized. Capitalism and imperialism are global systems that affect every nation on Earth, there is no unaffected country to compare to.

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But there was a time before colonialism. And the comparisons for sub-Saharan Africa don't look that great that way either.

Sub-Saharan Africa had some pretty advanced and successful civilizations before colonialism.

Such as? All that I'm aware of is Ethiopia and you could make a pretty good case that that's primarily because of Ethiopia's proximity to the Dar al-Islam.

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