Effects Of Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa – After the 1400’s, the development of West African states was greatly changed due to the arrival of the Portuguese and other Europeans. Entering a partnership with the Portuguese, the Bantu state of Kongo began to capture and sell other Africans as slaves. Portugal established itself as a colonial and trading-post power in Southern, Eastern, and Western Africa. The Dutch then took control of South Africa in the mid-1600’s, with colonists known as the Boers settling the regions. The Boers enslaved nearby African herding tribes. In the 1650’s, Omani Arabs revolted against Portuguese rule and expelled the majority of them from East Africa. European manufactured goods were brought to Africa’s west coast in the 1600’s and 1700’s