US-Africa relations over the last century: an African perspective.(Views from Russia, Pakistan, Malaysia, and China)(United States)

From: Social Research | Date: December 22, 2005| Author: Nyang, Sulayman S. | Copyright information

OVER THE LAST CENTURY, RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND Africa have undergone many changes. The relationship between these two geographic zones has been defined primarily by the slave trade and the Cold War. Although historians familiar with the details of the two zones could come up with a number of events that to some degree characterize the unique nature of this relationship, the fact remains that Africa and the United States of America have come to be associated in the mi...

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