Africa in an Age of Transition

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Impact on Africa

• King Afonso I – King of Congo saw affect of slaves on his land

• Benin in West Africa lost faith in their gods, and their art deteriorated. Human sacrifice became more common.

• Great impact on population in Western Africa.

What went through the minds of Africans?

Why? When? Where?

• Southwest Asia – domestic servants• Americas – laborers for sugar cane• 1518 – First Spanish ship to carry boatload of

African slaves to America• 10 million slaves between 16th and 19th

centuries

Triangular Slave Trade