How do events from 100 or more years ago affect circumstances today? Specifically, how has the colonization of Africa shaped the way Africa is today? (Answer in at least 3 sentences and use your own words)

The supply of African slaves to American plantations reached an ... was completed in West Africa before it hit East Africa (Austen 1987, Law 2002). ... Today, China uses diplomacy in Africa instead of brute force, and it does ... may do more to stimulate African economic development than it did a century ago. Between the 1870s and 1900, Africa faced European imperialist aggression, ... against the attempt to colonize their countries and impose foreign domination. ... One way to demonstrate national preeminence was through the acquisition of .

chinese civil war took place over a long period of time between 1927 and 1950. the war was interrupted when japan invaded china in 1936 and by world war ii. the war was fought between the nationalist government of china, also called the kuomintang (kmt), and the communist party of china (cpc).