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Kelly Askew, Thank you for the insights ... the foregoing prognosis has opened up new thoughts.... Much has been said and written about the limited angle to which Pre-history has been treated to inform the current standing of views. To a larger extent, history has paraded the purveyors of colonialism as "De facto" creators of imbalances (I mean former colonial powers, etc.). Could this assertion be true "in make up and content?" Have not Arabs assumed the title of movers of imbalances especially in the continent we have come to know as "Africa"? History has it that most of Arabs were traders. Most of the established Kingdoms (not Chiefdoms) in much of this landmass began to fall apart after Arab traders found their way into "trade routes". For example, it was not until an Arab trader "Msidi or Msiri" came through did the Kingdom of Mwata Kazembe began to go down in influence. I am of the view that Arabs have contributed greatly to imbalances currently obtaining in "Africa". Regards, Victor Kazembe Kawanga, Zambia
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