The Real Reason Why Africa is Poor

Exposing the True History of a Now Impoverished Continent

If you turn to Google, dear reader, and search for the world’s poorest continent, the answer is given plainly and without hesitation:

Africa

This narrative is reinforced at every turn.

Western media may seldom discuss African politics or history directly, yet it subtly weaves a consistent picture through endless repetition.

Africa appears most often in charity appeals; urging donations while showing images of malnourished children, their faces beset by flies.

A heartbreaking sight, no doubt; yet this is the only face of Africa most in the West are ever permitted to see; if we accept what we are shown, that is.

But I do not watch the news, and so this subconscious conditioning holds no power over me.

Tonight, we shall instead uncover some truly extraordinary accounts; all drawn from the land once known as Barbary, in Africa.

From tales of giants to unsolved mysteries, from vast riches to royal lineages; these records reveal a reality worlds away from the story we are taught.

Let us cast off t…