This class period will be devoted to an interactive discussion of Early European contact with West Africa, utilizing the Powerpoint presentation entitled “European Contact with Africa”. Though the presentation compares and contrasts the motivations behind and subsequent actions of both Dutch and Portuguese contact, particular focus examines early Portuguese trade relations with the Gold Coast.
Homework: Students will read from textbook on the motivations behind the emergence of the slave trade in West Africa, with specific focus on the growing economic demand for labor in the New World.
