2. What Came Before….
Remember there were three great African
kingdoms:
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
These three kingdoms became wealthy due to:
Gold
Salt
The Songhai, the last of the three, was destroyed
by the Moroccans, a northern tribe who received
guns from Europe. That is the how the history of
Africa worked during this time period.
3. Europeans came for….
During this time period, Europe became
interested in Africa because Europeans
wanted slaves.
4. So how to get the slaves?
Europeans weren’t able to get the slaves on
their own. The Europeans were businessmen.
So to get the slaves, they traded with African
tribes.
The tribes would fight battles and the losers
would be sold as slaves.
5. What did each side get?
African Tribes European Merchants
6. As demand increased….
An increase in demand for a product causes
businesses to increase supply (Economics
101).
As the demand for slaves in America
increased, tribal warfare in Africa increased
(demand leads to increased supply).
7. Some groups….
In life, there are winners
and losers. Winning
tribes became very
wealthy.
Losing tribes became
very weak or became
slaves.
8. Results of this process….
Africa became very poor as it lost a large
percentage of its work force.
Few groups were left intact.
9. Conclusion
There was little
colonization of Africa
during this time
period.
Africa was a
resource to the rest
of the world.
