Would Africa be Better without It's Resources?

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Would Africa be better without its abundant resources? Would the West never have bothered to colonize the continent if there were no abundant resources? Would Africa be forced to invent new technologies with the little it has because the resources are not available? Or would Africa have turned out to be another European continent, invading other people’s land in search of resources just to survive and grow powerful? These are questions that come to mind whenever we think about the situation in Africa. Everybody knows this: Africa is a blessed continent full of abundant natural resources that the world needs. In fact, it seemed that's the only good thing to talk about in Africa. Yet, the continent with its abundant natural resources is the poorest in the world. This phenomenon has led scholars to decide that Africa is plagued with the resource curse, a term that best describes the gap between the abundant natural resources in Africa and its development. Does this mean these abundant resources should not be viewed as a blessing but a curse?