The connections of West Africa with the Mediterranean world is a very old one,...
ECONOMIC HISTORY
The land of West Africa consists of contrasting kinds of physical environment. The forest...
Africa was the first continent, that Islam spread into out of Arabia in the...
SIMILARITIES The three empires were located close to the Niger River; they developed from...
Social factors: Despite its acclaimed greatness, Mali Empire declined. Internal disputes resulted to wars...
Social factors: Mali Empire rose to prominence due to several factors, these include: Commissioning...
LOCATION Mali Empire developed from the fall of old Ghana Empire in Western Sudan....
SOCIAL FACTORS In historical movement, empires and kingdoms usually rose to their peaks and...
SOCIAL FACTORS Some factors usually work together to lead to the rise or expansion...
The legitimate trade in communities attracted a number of British merchants to the Niger...
British contact with the Nigerian people was made through three categories of people namely;...
The term, “legitimate trade” refers to the trade in commodities between Africans and the...
Social Factors: The sack and subjugation of Timbuktu by external forces exposed the misrule...
Social Factors: The merchants of Songhai Empire worked in partnership. The state also protected...
LOCATION Songhai Empire was located in West Africa along the Niger River. When it...
George Taubman Goldie (1846-1925) was a trained engineer. He played a major role in...
The impact of trans-Atlantic slave trade on African societies can be viewed from many...
The first set of people who struggled for the abolition of slavery were the...
The trans-Atlantic slave trade refers to the sourcing, selling and buying of Africans as...
Trans-Saharan trade was an economic activity in which different commodities were exchanged across long...
The trans-Saharan trade refers to the long distance trade carried out across the Sahara...