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    It is not the case that A claim framing African states as facing collapse without foregrounding this causal history reproduces what Achille Mbembe calls the 'colonial library' of deficit-centered African representation.

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    • 1.Emphasizing causation may paradoxically disempower by framing African states as primarily victims rather than autonomous agents.
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    • 2.Some contemporary African state failures result from post-colonial choices and governance decisions, not merely inherited conditions.
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    • 3.Requiring historical framing in every analysis risks making the colonial past a permanent explanatory framework that prevents forward-looking solutions.
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    • 1.Colonial exploitation systematically extracted resources and disrupted institutions, creating structural disadvantages that persist today.
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    • 2.Describing African state challenges without historical context implicitly naturalizes problems as inherent rather than imposed.
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    • 3.Mbembe's framework documents how Western discourse repeatedly portrays Africa through lack, obscuring agency and indigenous solutions.
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