Africa: How History Can Affect the Present
Did you know that the average person in the United States needs to make $35,000 a year? Unfortunately, the majority of African citizens only make $1,800 a year! There has to be a reason behind Africa's severe underdevelopment. I think Africa's history had a big impact on its current development because the Slave Trade, the Scramble for Africa, and the Apartheid are all examples of Europe taking over Africa each of these events weakened Africa greatly. Continue reading to find out how Africa's history with Europe has led to its underdevelopment.
The Transatlantic Spave Trade was what really made slavery skyrocket. Europeans invaded Africa and used Africans as slaves. Due to their low cost, African slaves were I high demand. Since so many Africans died while slaves, it was difficult to develop. It doesn't help that most of the slaves were beaten to death. While the Europeans were beating the slaves, they were also beating Africa's chance to develop by doing this. What's even worse is the fact that Africans were often tricked into leaving their homes. At least from my perspective, it is extremely hard to develop if you are away …show more content…
One of the other events that occurred was the Scramble for Africa. During this time period, many European countries colonized Africa. This caused Africa's resources to be stolen and wars to erupt between Africa and Europe. This can cause a numerous amount of issues with Africa's development. Stolen resources are bad because you need resources to develop. Wars are even worse because not only do a lot of people lose their lives, wars can cost billions of dollars. A lack of money makes development nearly impossible. A lack of people causes the same issue. Unfortunately, the economy wasn't the only thing that was affected. During this time, racial stereotypes towards Africa created tensions, which leads me into the next
Did you know that the average person in the United States needs to make $35,000 a year? Unfortunately, the majority of African citizens only make $1,800 a year! There has to be a reason behind Africa's severe underdevelopment. I think Africa's history had a big impact on its current development because the Slave Trade, the Scramble for Africa, and the Apartheid are all examples of Europe taking over Africa each of these events weakened Africa greatly. Continue reading to find out how Africa's history with Europe has led to its underdevelopment.
The Transatlantic Spave Trade was what really made slavery skyrocket. Europeans invaded Africa and used Africans as slaves. Due to their low cost, African slaves were I high demand. Since so many Africans died while slaves, it was difficult to develop. It doesn't help that most of the slaves were beaten to death. While the Europeans were beating the slaves, they were also beating Africa's chance to develop by doing this. What's even worse is the fact that Africans were often tricked into leaving their homes. At least from my perspective, it is extremely hard to develop if you are away …show more content…
One of the other events that occurred was the Scramble for Africa. During this time period, many European countries colonized Africa. This caused Africa's resources to be stolen and wars to erupt between Africa and Europe. This can cause a numerous amount of issues with Africa's development. Stolen resources are bad because you need resources to develop. Wars are even worse because not only do a lot of people lose their lives, wars can cost billions of dollars. A lack of money makes development nearly impossible. A lack of people causes the same issue. Unfortunately, the economy wasn't the only thing that was affected. During this time, racial stereotypes towards Africa created tensions, which leads me into the next