The correct answer is C) Villages lost many skilled members of the community.
The slave trade hurt village life in West and Central Africa in that villages lost many skilled members of the community.
This was a disgrace for the communities, to see how slave took away precious and skilled members that were an important part of the African tribes. These skilled workers knew how to do things and helped the community in daily labor activities. But when they were sold as slaves, the tribes lost them forever. So that is why the slave trade hurt village life in West and Central Africa in that villages lost many skilled members of the community.
The other options of the questions were, a) the gold and salt trade lost lots of business, b) Borders were created to split ethnic groups, and d) Enslaved Africans sent for their families soon after they left the African coast.