Are African descendant peoples marginal to the making world or are they central to the making world? What evidence exists that shows the contributions of African peoples to making of the modern world?

Africa and Africans—both continental and diasporic— have been marginalized in World History.

There are many who continue to believe that Africans have contributed very little to making of the modern world.

There are others who think that if African descendant people have participated in world history, they have done so only at the direction of others.

Both of these perspectives ignore the role of Africans in world history and the making of the modern world.

After taking this course, what in your view, have Africans contributed to the making of the modern world?

Are African descendant peoples marginal to the making world or are they central to the making world?

What evidence exists that shows the contributions of African peoples to making of the modern world?

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