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African Sovereignty, Diplomacy, and State Power in the Atlantic Era

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-DC-SS

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Goal

Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military strategies employed by West and Central African kingdoms in response to early modern European trade and expansion.

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Learning standards covered

us-dcWH2.17District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Analyze different forms of engagement and/or resistance of Africans to European traders (e.g., the fight for independence led by Queen Nzinga Mbande), and evaluate the impact of the transatlantic trade of enslaved people on the social fabric of regions, cultures, family structures and populations across Africa.