Africans were blessed by creation with rich soil and fertile lands that have provided them with beautiful and life-saving forests that has attracted the global markets and by extension, western industries interested in the massive production of furnitures and many wood related products for universal use.
All along, Africans have worked and tilled their respective lands to produce varieties of food crops to feed and sustain themselves thereby ensuring food security and supplying the markets through trade. It instilled some degree of self-reliance and independence far back before 'economic imperialism' by the International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) that stalled the vigilant quest of Africans' persistent drive to utilize lands imbued with rich soil and attractive forests.
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