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Slavery existed in African trade long before europeans arrived
African languages include Kiswahili (spoken in East Africa), Luganda (spoken in Uganda), Lingala (Congo), Zulu (South Africa), and Tigre for Eritrea.
Arabs did enslave africans long before the europeans, however the europeans did bring chattell slavery to north America, where it evolved and became the peculiar institution that later begat Jim crow....
The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
Congo River's length is 4,667,000 meters.
"The Poisonwood Bible" is set in the 1950s and early 1960s in the Belgian Congo, which is present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. The story follows a missionary family's experiences during this tumultuous time in African history.
Nile - approximately 4,132 miles long Congo - approximately 2,922 miles long
In the 19th Century. Europe owned practically all of Africa then, but not all of these African possessions were conquered in an outright military way. In some cases the Europeans arrived as traders and explorers, and before long they were administrators.
The Congo River is nearly 3,000 miles long. Brazzaville is the capital city of the Republic of the Congo.
Africa has two of the ten longest rivers in the world. The first is the Nile which is the longest river in the world at 4,132 miles long. The second longest African river is the Congo which is the ninth longest river in the world at 2,922 miles long.
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