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The Long Ignoble History of Westerners Exploiting Africans

What do you call people who try to make people believe what they say but ignore the results of what they do? How about spin-sploiters?
After a few years of research I have come to realize that there is a long and ignoble history of Westerners exploiting Africans while touting humanitarian objectives. Unfortunately, this practice is not confined to the distant past.
A leading Canadian NGO official, who then founded Québec’s largest mining company, provides a recent example.