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Europe and Africa have relations that date back to over five centuries. It is a relationship that has been defined by the paradox of mutuality, exploitation, predation and benign partnership. While the end of colonialism presented an opportunity for the redefinition of the basis of this relationship, the possibility was lost due to both internal and external factors.
These factors include the nature and the character of the state, as represented by the political elites and the type of engagement that they crafted with Europe at the eve of independence, the Cold War and globalization. The type of institutions that the colonial governments established and their continuity after independence are also contributory factors to the dynamics and complexities of the relations.
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Oloruntoba, S.O. (2020). Euro-Africa Relations and Development in a Multi-Polar World: Nigeria and South Africa in Comparative Perspectives. In: Oloruntoba, S.O., Falola, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy. Palgrave Handbooks in IPE. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38922-2_31
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