Unted States and Africa in the Post-Cold War Era.

摘要

The relationship between the United States and the countries of Sub- Saharan Africa has long been characterized by ambivalence and uncertainty As a direct and indirect result of the slave trade, over 10 percent of the American population has its origins in Africa Though the United States had no colonies in Africa, American delegates participated in the Berlin Conference of 1884- 1885, during which the European colonial powers carved up the continent and laid down some of the ground rules for an active scramble for colonies.