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.
In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans ... Brazilian traders were finding it difficult to operate in West Africa because the British navy was intercepting slave ...
Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...
The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his brigade of ...
The Fulani are one of the largest groups of people in Africa, with a population of over 40 million. They live across a vast ...
The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...
See the rise and fall of empires and kingdoms, experience the power of religion, the injustices of slavery, and chart the expansion of trade between Africa and other continents. Hear what it was ...