
Aileen and Kariithi talk big picture history, as they attempt to tackle why different peoples around the world experienced different levels of technological innovation? And whether Africa was truly "left behind..." Digressions include: Love Island, Football, HIMYM and Kenyan Presidential History Sources Jared Diamond – Guns, Germs and Steel Chloe Campbell – Race and Empire (Eugenics in Colonial Kenya) Ian Harris – Why the West Rules, for Now Walter Rodney – How Europe Underdeveloped Africa https://qz.com/africa/2110046/africas-prehistoric-technological-advances-changed-the-worldhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/417t1w/disease_in_the_new_world/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6meq1k/comment/dk6htc0/https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8nr7xd/thoughts_on_guns_germs_and_steel_by_jared_diamond/ https://www.wired.com/story/ancient-grain-crops-future-of-farming/