Rise of Imperialism

With the rise of Imperialism came the need to fuel these Empires with resources. This need prompted the push to explore. Explorers soon colonized many 'new' worlds and started sending resources back to their homelands. This started the need for more workers and cheap labour, and there's no cheaper labour  than slaves. 

Since the White labour and indigenous workers didn't work out (White slaves were, well, White and the indigenous workers often fell sick and had a knowledge the land, good for escape) Europe turned to their partners in trade Africa. 

Europe wanted Africans because:

1) They were visibly different. 

2) They had a predisposition towards farming. 

3) Were unfamiliar with the land. 

It seemed they were 'tailor made' to be exploited. 

Remembering the three stages of Storytelling.

Jim Shuter (a famous comic book writer) once told me that every good story ever had three components:

1) What was? status quo

2) What happened to change it? Catalyst 

3) What was the result ? Well...the outcome. 

Since History is nothing more than the story of humanity I can assume that it (history) would share these 3 components. 

We've studied 2 of the three four regarding African history in the West. 

The result would be our present day situation, the status quo would be our study of ancient Africa. 

Since there is such a difference between the two situations.  Differences that would be considered almost reciprocal scenarios one has to ask...What happened to change the Status quo?

My answer to them is...Slavery and Colonialism.