Forty years after that first human cargo traveled to Portugal, Portuguese sailors gained permission from a local African leader to build ... By the start of the 16th century, almost 200,000 ...

The borders of the countries which African leaders inherited at independence were created by Europeans in the 19th century. This 19th century map was drawn up with no regard to the boundaries ...

As the century progressed alliances with merchants and missionaries from Europe began increasingly to have a bearing on how African leaders achieved their goals. At the beginning of the century ...

a religion started in 16th-century Brazil by enslaved West Africans from elements of traditional African religions and Portuguese Catholicism. It was during his experiences at the temple that ...