Clearly one way of looking at that is "abandoned after having extracted millions of Africans (as slaves) and significant amounts of raw materials". While plenty of guilt for the current state of affairs lies at the feet of Africans running corrupt governments and industries, most would agree that the West set the stage. That said, it's hard to know if the people who are suffering under the current conditions would or wouldn't be willing to consider outsourcing the running of things (or perhaps that's what China is offering, in fact).