text: "Colonialism, in turn, was the West’s ostensibly philanthropic attempt to gift Africa with “Christianity, Civilization and Commerce,” in return for making possible Europe’s assorted empires."
  
  LOL.  An allegory I  remember from childhood: when the 'missionaries' went to Africa, they had the bible, the people had the land.  They asked the people to close their eyes and pray.  When the people opened their eyes, the missionaries had the land, the people had the bible.