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Fixing Africa:  There's a lot of threads here about "how to fix
the world" or some variation, but I feel like that is a bad
approach. Instead of fixing the whole wide world, let's up and
fix just a small (or not so small) part of it first - Africa.
I'll start with a geopolitical explanation of Africa's woes, and
my suggestions for how to correct them.  First, Africa can be
divided into roughly six parts, separated by natural barriers
that prevent much trade or cultural exchange.  In the north,
most settlements are around the Mediterranean Sea. This region
has always been rather prosperous due to its ties to Europe and
the Silk Road. I don't even really consider it in this
discussion, mostly because the region has closer ties to the
Middle East and is somewhere between the developing world and
the first world when it comes to things like literacy rates and
available food. In other words,