What role did disease play in European efforts to colonize Africa?
◦ European diseases devastated the populations of Sub-Saharan Africa, facilitating European conquest.
◦ Endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans and delayed their conquest of the region.
◦ Endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans but later European diseases devastated the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa.
◦ European diseases devastated the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa, while endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans thus destroying any opportunity for Europe to colonize the continent.
◦ Disease played no role in European efforts to colonize Africa.