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Time Map – Africa 1648 CE

European sailors and traders first arrived off the coast of West Africa in the mid-15^th century. Since then, Africa has been incorporated into an Atlantic trading system which is centered on the enslavement of large numbers of Africans and shipping them to the labour-hungry European colonies in the Americas.  About 60% of the slaves are taken from the West African coast, the rest from south of the equator. Within Africa itself, the trade is mostly in the hands of African chiefs and merchants, and in return for supplying slaves, they demand metal goods, cloths, spirits and guns.