Impact+of+West+African+slave+trade+on+West+Africa

*  Governments helped European nations capture West Africans and turn them into slaves ||   * Forced some families to move into caves and mountains to avoid capture; changing topography, and building small civilizations on mountains * The population of West Africa became more dispersed as people stayed away from big cities and villages    ||< * West Africa’s demography became unbalanced * Populations did not trust local governments as governments helped out in the slave trade, and sold them to European nations  ||  * As slave trade slowly decreased, people would slowly move to cities and big villages. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Slave trade increased illegally, as it was not allowed in the 19th century. || (1960-Present) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">* <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">When nations receive their independence, leaders have a hard time governing over their entire nation as it is composed of different cultures, includes different languages, and is not used to an established system of central self-government. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">* <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">People that had left big villages because of their fear of being captured migh choose to live as nomads rather than in villages and cities, thus the human-environment interaction differs as a result of the slave trade  || * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">African culture became more diverse as people lived in smaller groups and avoided large villages, which led them to develop their own cultures within their tribes.
 * ~ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">__ Impact of West African slave trade on West Africa __ ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Effects || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Political || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Environmental || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Socio-Economic ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Short term (1600-1860) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Governments were wealthy, while their people were poor and lived in fear of slavery
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">West Africa lost its healthy youth group (15-35)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Population decrease
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Economy falls (no working population)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">West Africa lost more men than women
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Gender ratio goes up (more women than men)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">People lived in hiding for fear of capture ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Medium Term (1860-1960) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Tribes and familial governance became more common as people tended to avoid big villages and would live and travel in small groups
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Increase in nomads
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Long term
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Because of the generation gaps caused by the slave trade, traditions were passed down to future generations, but history got lost and became vague.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Slave trade has caused Africa to be economically undeveloped compared to the western world, and the inbalance in their demography has caused Africa to be a few hundred years behind the rest of the world in terms of economy ||