“How everybody holds Africa back” .The real issues, if we must tell ourselves the truth is that humanity has always been ruled by the tendency of the more brutal lording it over the lesser. That’s why military supremacy has always been the back bone of empires even when such empires are inhumane, which eventually leads to the decline of empires, both ancient and modern. Until humanity learns the lesson that human organizations and operations can only be justified to the degree that it emulates the heavenly pattern according to the principles that Christian Science espouses, humanity’s material tendencies will continue to conspire to hold Africa down, including native Africans themselves who appear to benefit from the exploitation of their own environment and resources.