What are some of the ways in which the Atlantic slave trade impacted Africa? How has the Atlantic slave trade shaped the world we live in today? Why is it important to understand the impact of the Atlantic slave trade? What are some challenges of studying the Atlantic slave trade and its impact?
When we get Ghanaian historians together, we see some disagreement over the precise details of the Atlantic slave trade and its impact. But we also see a broad recognition that results were deep and they were lasting, that they were widespread and that they still haven’t gone away today, and that we need to understand the scale of the impact of the slave trade in Africa if we are to understand the patterns of world history themselves.
One might argue atlantic Slave trade has a profound and lasting impact on Africa and that we need to understand this impact in order to understand the patterns of world history themselves. How can this be true?
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- What are some of the ways in which the Atlantic slave trade impacted Africa?
- How has the Atlantic slave trade shaped the world we live in today?
- Why is it important to understand the impact of the Atlantic slave trade?
- What are some challenges of studying the Atlantic slave trade and its impact?
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