Africa collage, Christopher Robles

History of africa

By: Christopher Robles

Where is africa located

Its located near the atlantic ocean to the west and its the world's second largest populous continent, it contains 54 countries, its also extremely diverse in terms of ethnicity and language

What happened between Africa and Europe

While in WWII some countries of africa gained their independence from European colonisation, consumed with post war debt, European powers were no longer able to affor the resources needed to mantain control of their african colonies. The growing slave trade with Europeans had a profound impact on the people of west Africa,giving prominence to local chieftains and merchants who traded slaves for European textiles, alcohol,guns,tobcco and food, Africans also charged Europeans for the right to trade in slaves and imposed taxes on slave purchases.

Fifteen years after Africa received its independence, Europe is still present and influential in the continent. The European presence has however shiftged from overt and direct to more subtle forms.

According to Foreing AffairsBy: William Zartman Wrote in January 1976

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