For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned ...

he united several of West Africa’s kingdoms to defeat Ghana’s king, Sumanguru. He then began to conquer more land in the area, calling his new kingdom the Mali Empire. Records of oral history ...

William De La Palma Director, Dutch West India Co. September 5, 1705 The history of the European seaborne slave trade with Africa goes back 50 years prior to Columbus' initial voyage to the Americas.

This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who re-examined an archaeological site in West Africa from which ... This reflects a complex history of population subdivision ...

In the years that followed, photos of Sendeoli would become part of a pro-Russian propaganda campaign – one that used his ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

Medieval Ghana (4th - 13th Century): The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval Ghana Empire of West Africa. The actual name of the Empire was Wagadugu. Ghana was the title of the kings who ...

Trade & Politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885. By Kenneth Onwuka Dike. Greenwood Publishing Group, February 1982. Modern Africa: A Social and Political History. By Basil Davidson. Addison-Wesley ...