The African Inheritance Author:Ieuan Ll. Griffiths The African Inheritance discusses pre-colonial Africa, the increasing European interest in the continent, the European partition and the subsequent colonial rule and de-colonization. It examines the consequences of this inheritance: the large number of very small and weak states, the geographically marginal capital cities, contentious internatio... more »nal boundaries, dependent land-locked states, and destructive sucessionist movements.« less