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Was Africa "left behind?"
Aileen and Kariithi talk big picture history, as they attempt to tackle why different peoples around the world experienced different levels of technological innovation? And whether Africa was truly "left behind..."
Digressions include: Love Island, Football, HIMYM and Kenyan Presidential History
Sources
Jared Diamond – Guns, Germs and Steel
Chloe Campbell – Race and Empire (Eugenics in Colonial Kenya)
Ian Harris – Why the West Rules, for Now
Walter Rodney – How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
https://qz.com/africa/2110046/africas-prehistoric-technological-advances-changed-the-worldhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/417t1w/disease_in_the_new_world/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6meq1k/comment/dk6htc0/https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8nr7xd/thoughts_on_guns_germs_and_steel_by_jared_diamond/
https://www.wired.com/story/ancient-grain-crops-future-of-farming/
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By Aileen Waitaaga Kimuhu
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Aileen and Kariithi talk big picture history, as they attempt to tackle why different peoples around the world experienced different levels of technological innovation? And whether Africa was truly "left behind..."
Digressions include: Love Island, Football, HIMYM and Kenyan Presidential History
Sources
Jared Diamond – Guns, Germs and Steel
Chloe Campbell – Race and Empire (Eugenics in Colonial Kenya)
Ian Harris – Why the West Rules, for Now
Walter Rodney – How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
https://qz.com/africa/2110046/africas-prehistoric-technological-advances-changed-the-worldhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/417t1w/disease_in_the_new_world/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6meq1k/comment/dk6htc0/https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8nr7xd/thoughts_on_guns_germs_and_steel_by_jared_diamond/
https://www.wired.com/story/ancient-grain-crops-future-of-farming/