Trade Markets – The Trans Saharan
The Trans‑Saharan trade was a medieval network of camel‑caravan [...]
Sundiata Keita – A Biography
Sundiata Keita (c. 1217–c. 1255) founded the Mali Empire and, [...]
Mansa Musa – A Biography
Mansa Mūsā (reigned c. 1312–c. 1337) was the most famous [...]
The Kingdom of Swaziland – Now Eswatini
In 2018, the Kingdom of Swaziland, one of the world’s [...]
Colonial Administrative Systems in Africa
The gold and salt economy of medieval West Africa refers to the extensive network of trade routes linking savannah kingdoms...
The Partition of Africa and the Berlin Conference
The gold and salt economy of medieval West Africa refers to the extensive network of trade routes linking savannah kingdoms...
The Gold and Salt Economy of Medieval West Africa
The gold and salt economy of medieval West Africa refers to the extensive network of trade routes linking savannah kingdoms...
Kanem-Bornu & Hausa City-States: Trade, Faith, and Governance (c. 500–1500 CE)
Between the sixth and fifteenth centuries, the regions around Lake [...]
Songhai Empire: Military, Governance, and Culture
Spanning roughly from the mid-15th to the late-16th century, the [...]
The Ghana Empire: Origins, Ascendance, and Decline
Spanning from roughly the 3rd to the 13th centuries CE, [...]
