During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries enslaved men, women, and children were culled from West African ethnocultural communities of the Wolof, Mandingo, Mende and Yoruba. In his examination of Africa before the transatlantic slave trade John Thornton points out that there existed a bustling economic exchange between Africa and Europe.
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I completely understand the logic of Black Excellence — Black people, especially students, are underrepresented, under acknowledged, and often feel like outsiders at universities, especially in Canada where campuses are still predominantly White.
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