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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

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Discuss development in Africa before the trading era with Europe. Address the political, economic, and social facets of African development in this period.

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How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade help develop Europe? How did it hinder African development?

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Discuss the European economy in the precolonial age. How did imperialism fuel growth?

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