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The African continent is famous for its poverty… But many people don’t know the complete reason why Africa is so poor. In this video we will look from the point when African countries were rich and powerful, how over the centuries Africa lost its wealth, and why Africa hasn’t been able to crawl out of it’s poverty while so many other countries and former colonies have.
Social Media
Discord: discord.gg/JYCYPvqba6
Reddit: reddit.com/r/HistoryScope
Twitter: twitter.com/ScopeHistory
Instagram: instagram.com/officialhistoryscope
Facebook: facebook.com/averythingchannel
My music playlist while animating: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSxw_OLJxQj2amarphSC68tia4gBSVwth
SOURCES
economist.com/briefing/2015/08/01/learning-unleashed
www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/fpc/Documents/nous-connaitre/deloitte-afrique-francophone/deloitte_africa-ceo-forum-the-private-sector-driving-force.pdf
academicjournals.org/article/article1425047376_Asafa.pdf
The history of African poverty by numbers: Evidence and vantage points mortenjerven.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/JAH-Poverty-Jerven.pdf
asbmb.org/asbmb-today/science/020113/great-achievements-in-stem-in-ancient-africa
academicjournals.org/article/article1425047376_Asafa.pdf
Keith Somerville's 'Africa's Long Road Since Independence'
All articles in this series: economist.com/special-report/2020/03/26/africa-is-changing-so-rapidly-it-is-becoming-hard-to-ignore
Ethnic groups in Africa: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Africa_ethnic_groups_1996.png
FURTHER READING
www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/fpc/Documents/nous-connaitre/deloitte-afrique-francophone/deloitte_africa-ceo-forum-the-private-sector-driving-force.pdf
FURTHER WATCHING:
Likely future for Africa: youtube.com/watch?v=dqRVlGFNn60
Africa before the Scramble: youtube.com/watch?v=aIcNzN0zmqU
youtube.com/watch?v=XXFcGj_CsmY
youtube.com/watch?v=OfTZfJoUb84
Credits
Pictures of Arnaldo Tamayo. Author: Escla - creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
The African continent is famous for its poverty… But many people don’t know the complete reason why Africa is so poor. In this video we will look from the point when African countries were rich and powerful, how over the centuries Africa lost its wealth, and why Africa hasn’t been able to crawl out of it’s poverty while so many other countries and former colonies have.
Social Media
Discord: discord.gg/JYCYPvqba6
Reddit: reddit.com/r/HistoryScope
Twitter: twitter.com/ScopeHistory
Instagram: instagram.com/officialhistoryscope
Facebook: facebook.com/averythingchannel
My music playlist while animating: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSxw_OLJxQj2amarphSC68tia4gBSVwth
SOURCES
economist.com/briefing/2015/08/01/learning-unleashed
www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/fpc/Documents/nous-connaitre/deloitte-afrique-francophone/deloitte_africa-ceo-forum-the-private-sector-driving-force.pdf
academicjournals.org/article/article1425047376_Asafa.pdf
The history of African poverty by numbers: Evidence and vantage points mortenjerven.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/JAH-Poverty-Jerven.pdf
asbmb.org/asbmb-today/science/020113/great-achievements-in-stem-in-ancient-africa
academicjournals.org/article/article1425047376_Asafa.pdf
Keith Somerville's 'Africa's Long Road Since Independence'
All articles in this series: economist.com/special-report/2020/03/26/africa-is-changing-so-rapidly-it-is-becoming-hard-to-ignore
Ethnic groups in Africa: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Africa_ethnic_groups_1996.png
FURTHER READING
www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/fpc/Documents/nous-connaitre/deloitte-afrique-francophone/deloitte_africa-ceo-forum-the-private-sector-driving-force.pdf
FURTHER WATCHING:
Likely future for Africa: youtube.com/watch?v=dqRVlGFNn60
Africa before the Scramble: youtube.com/watch?v=aIcNzN0zmqU
youtube.com/watch?v=XXFcGj_CsmY
youtube.com/watch?v=OfTZfJoUb84
Credits
Pictures of Arnaldo Tamayo. Author: Escla - creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
