Deglobalisation and the Future of Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa should not be confused with North Africa; both geographical areas are culturally different and distinctive.

In North Africa, there are more Arabs and Persians regarding ethnic make-up.

Furthermore, access to larger mammals, unlike in sub-Saharan Africa, where there was a lack of large animals, made it impossible to develop a sophisticated civilization in sub-Saharan Africa due to geopolitical limitations and lack of access to mammals.

In sub-Saharan Africa, they did have access to zebra, a subspecies of horses, and also hippopotamuses, which are both massively unsuited to domestication.

The sub-Saharan African continent also has the world’s shortest beaches and natural warm water ports, as well as internal navigation through waterways, which meant internal trade could not be developed, and neither could a maritime tradition.

Sub Saharan Africa Map

Before the advent of the internal combustion engine in the 19th century, the quickest way to trade successfully was with the use of sea trade, and today, internationally, over 90% of all trade takes place in the world’s oceans and other waterways.

This helps to give some perspective on the geographical handicaps of sub-Saharan Africa, which also includes its high plateaus, making it harder…