Is Africa underdeveloped today because of the ruthless plundering and exploitation by the white man?

European colonialization and imperialism has undoubtly been one of the worst thing for the development of human kind. The main objective of colonialization was to establish a master- slave relationship that would lead to a forced respect. Using this stategy, the used the word "civilized" to refer only to their way of life and told their victims that their language was better, their education superior, their way of life beter, and their skin color desirable. Kingdomsthat had reached incredible levels of knowledge were dumbed down to their oppressors ignorance.