The truth is that every African AND Carribean country has been in turmoil and bankrupt to one degree or another for the last 300 years UNLESS there has been European or American influence that has poured money, technology, etc. into said country. This is not a "racist" view, it is simply a fact of history. But in the politcally correct atmosphere in which we live, pointing out FACT in an unbiased way is "racist".
Let me turn this around and ask you...what great advance to science, technology, economics, mankind, etc. has come from the African continent over the last 300 years? Thousands of examples can be named from Europe, America, Japan, etc. To any open-minded person, the lack this indicates MUCH. And by the way, this is a serious question, so trying to be funny and naming Aids as a contribution by Africa isnt' necessary.