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= Neocolonialism =

Definition
Neocolonialism is the continuation of colonialism through mechanisms of debt, economic competitions and other indirect means of exploitation. Neocolonialism serves as a reminder that, even in a postcolonial age, colonial mentalities have not disappeared; many have simply been pushed under ground and have adapted in other ways, frequently taking more vicious shapes than ever before.

=Kwame Nkrumah: Neo-Colonialism, The Last Stage of Imperialism=

Description
Kwame Nkrumah refers to neocolonialism as an “imperial system of economic exploitation, in which the metropolitan center drains the resources of the periphery while at the same time encouraging it to consume its manufactured products in an unequal, unbalanced system of exchange”. He viewed neocolonialism as the final and most dangerous stage of Imperialism. He writes that “the essence of neocolonialism is that the State which is subject to is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality, its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside”.

Methods
He theorizes that the maintenance of control over States is accomplished through different methods:


 * 1) The use of military force to exert control over a government.
 * 2) The use of banking systems regulated by imperial power in order to govern neo-colonial States.
 * 3) The use of disadvantageous trade regulations to exclude competing products from neo-colonial States.

Nkrumah explains that these practices exploit developing nations and increases the wealth gap between Core Nations and Periphery Nations.

= Neocolonialism and Christianity=

Colonialism and Post-colonialism
The spread of Christianity through missionary enterprises during the 18th and 19th century was due to colonialism. Spain and Portugal introduced Christianity in the South of the Americas, Asia and Anglo-Africa through Great Britain, French-Africa through Belgium and France; and later on the United States also spread Christianity in other parts of the world. The church and colonial powers shared control and authority over colonies and established their dominance and rule.

The end of formal colonial structures did not signify that the Church stopped ecclesial and western self-centerednes or that power was evenly distributed among nations. In the Post Colonial climate, the church has continued practices that mirror colonial approaches through mission trips. Evangelical mission trips and projects are criticized for maintaining colonial practices under imperialism and neocolonialism. These benevolent projects teach Western culture, discipline and manners as hegemonic norms. Although Neocolonialism is an indirect form of dominance when compared to colonialism, it still shares the same model.

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