All of the following are true about European contacts with Africa except that
A. most peoples in the African interior were little influenced by Europeans in the 1500s.
B. the Portuguese took over the gold trade from Mwene Metapa in East Africa.
C. the Dutch established a colony at Cape Town to supply its ships headed for the Spice Islands.
D. the Boers were responsible for keeping other Europeans away from the Cape of Good Hope.
E. England established a colony at Zimbabwe in the late 1600s.
Answer: E
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