The Europeans had frequented the coasts of West Africa since the fifteenth century and established settlements along...
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The connections of West Africa with the Mediterranean world is a very old one, which long predates...
The European scramble for Africa culminated in the Berlin West African Conference of 1884-85. The conference was...
European sailors first reached sub-Saharan Africa in 1442, when Portuguese ships reached the Senegal river. The Portuguese...
The land of West Africa consists of contrasting kinds of physical environment. The forest environment differs from...
Most West African leaders were very optimistic about their countries’ future at independence. They hoped to transform...
