The Swahili lost their independence and were eventually controlled by the Portuguese empire.
The Swahili lost their independence and were eventually controlled by the Portuguese empire.
Portuguese Guinea (1474-1974)
the portuguese
The plantation system was first developed by Portuguese explorers in West Africa.
the Portuguese
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the Portuguese
They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
the Swahili lost their independence and were eventually controlled by the Portuguese empire
In 1471, the Portuguese explorers were the first European explorers to visit the Gold Coast of West Africa. The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.