Some African elite rulers likely saw an economic benefit from trading slaves. For a long time, an accepted figure was 15 million. This figure does not include deaths of enslaved Africans as a result of their labor, slave revolts, or diseases suffered while living among New World populations.Ī database compiled in the late 1990s put the figure for the number of slaves in the transatlantic slave trade at more than 11 million people. Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Holland, and Belgium began a frantic competition for colonies.Ĭolonialism in Africa began with the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, which was at its greatest in West Africa where the Ebola outbreak is also concentrated.īy the eighteenth century, slaves had become Africa’s main export.Īpproximately 1.2 – 2.4 million Africans died during their transport to theNew World. It was the expedition of Columbus in 1492 that stimulated the global search for colonies and markets. He named Imhotep (2650 B.C), the chief minister and royal physician to Pharaoh Djoser (2686-2613).”Īfrica with all of its intellectual and material wealth then became threatened and attacked by the most massively cruel system of exploitation the world had yet to witness, i.e. They all named Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.) Later I posed the same question to Bernard White,… non-commercial WBAI radio in New York.
“I asked five young doctors on our staff who they considered to be the father of medicine.
Hippocrates, the Greek physician, is incorrectly considered to be the “father of medicine.” This falsehood persists worldwide in spite of the evidence.Ī doctor and journalist recently wrote on the this matter saying:
Blacks in Egypt produced the earliest physicians, medical knowledge, and medical literature. Thousands of years ago, Africans were using numerals, algebra and geometry in daily life.Īfricans excelled in the area of medicine as well. The continent is the birthplace of both basic and advanced mathematics. How could Africa, with all its abundance of mineral wealth and unsurpassed history of the development of science and mathematics, be left so barren by the invading exploiters?Īfrica’s historic contributions to the world are fundamental and extensive, but are barely mentioned in our primary schools as part of the racist propaganda, which supports colonialism.įor example Africa is home to the world’s earliest known use of measurement and calculation. The history of colonialism has made it impossible for West African countries to have the infrastructure to properly respond to a health crisis such as Ebola. 7 Party for Socialism and Liberation forum on Ebola.
This article is based on a talk given at a Nov.
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