"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 its poverty while so many other countries and former colonies have."
Click on the link below for an enlightened, and depressing, expose' of the effects of the slave trade in Africa: