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Slave trade and its effects in Africa

Introduction

Despite the end of colonization and the colonial powers on the African nations, the

effects to these actions are felt in most of the African countries in the modern-day society (Kalu,

& Falola, 2019). The African continent was impacted by colonialism intensively both positively

and negatively on the aspects of the social, political, and economic contexts. On a positive

perspective, colonization brought about new products, improvement of technology, and the

creation of adequate jobs for the Africans. However, it also led to long-term effects that include

civil unrest, racism, foreign diseases to both humans and animals, and insatiable greed to the

African continent, among other negative impacts. The primary focus shifts to the critical

economic effect of colonization and thus the slave trade and its impact, as it significantly

transformed the African societies, majorly Western Africa, where it began and thrived.

Slave trade resulted in the social and ethnic-based fragmentation of the families and

communities, political instability, corruption of the judicial systems, and weakened nations and

cities in Africa (Felix, 2020). Additionally, the implementation of slave trade resulted to the

long-term effects that are still felt in the globe today through the economic exploitation of the

blacks and thus led to the social division between the creamy-white and the poor black societies,

a consequence still felt today in the American communities due to emancipation era. In

analyzing the slave trade and its effects especially to the African Continent, one will focus on

Ghana initially known as Gold Coast, for the plentiful supply of gold from the mines as one of

the nations in Western Africa where most of the slaves originated. The following article will

adequately address more of the slave trade in Africa and its effects on the Ghanaian's, African

nations, and the globe at large.

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Running Head: SLAVE TRADE AND ITS EFFECTS Slave trade and its effects in Africa Name Course Date 1 SLAVE TRADE AND ITS EFFECTS 2 Slave trade and its effects in Africa Introduction Despite the end of colonization and the colonial powers on the African nations, the effects to these actions are felt in most of the African countries in the modern-day society (Kalu, & Falola, 2019). The African continent was impacted by colonialism intensively both positively and negatively on the aspects of the social, political, and economic contexts. On a positive perspective, colonization brought about new products, improvement of technology, and the creation of adequate jobs for the Africans. However, it also led to long-term effects that include civil unrest, racism, foreign diseases to both humans and animals, and insatiable greed to the African continent, among other negative impacts. The primary focus shifts to the critical economic effect of colonization and thus the slave trade and its impact, as it significantly transformed the African societies, majorly Western Africa, where it began and thrived. Slave trade resulted in the social and ethnic-based fragmentation of the families and communities, political instability, corruption of the judicial systems, and weakened nations and cities in Africa (Felix, 2020). Additionally, the implementation of slave trade resulted to the long-term effects that are still felt in the globe today through the economic exploitation of the blacks and t ...
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