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