The labeling of individuals as pirates was a means of advancing the economic and political goals of the European states operating in the oceans
— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) March 27, 2024
repeated attempts by the Portuguese, and later by the Dutch, and English to monopolize maritime commerce failedhttps://t.co/PrJKsRXXs8
Even in exceptional cases when Europeans became involved in coastal conflicts involving pirates and African states, the results were often pyrrhic
— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) March 27, 2024
such as the Dutch war against the Akan trader and pirate supporter John Canoe in 1724https://t.co/PrJKsRXXs8
The impact of European piracy on Africa's coastal societies was therefore negligible
— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) March 27, 2024
However, one notable exception was the region of north-eastern Madagascar where several hundred pirates found refuge in the late 17th centuryhttps://t.co/PrJKsRXXs8
Africa Before The Proliferation Of Self-Hatred!!!
They will hire some self-hatred Africans to kill him 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾.
I applaud his speech, but why do they always seem to feel they need to throw the same shade at China, along with the US and France, who have never done the things that the US, France, and other European countries have done to them?
— 𝖂𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 🇯🇲 (@winchesterlyon) March 27, 2024
