Reading the book, West Africa since A.D. 1000 by F.K. Buah. How was I not taught these things in school! What’s most eye-opening is the book’s account of the Slave Trade. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade lasted about 400 years and cost Angola and the West African coast  millions of lives – the numbers aren’t agreed upon. Nevertheless, here are some of the more interesting facts and their contemporary parallels: Read the full story