Why is there so much gold in west Africa?
Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western ...
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Ancient Ghana
Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern ... 10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing ...
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Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on Africa’s Stone Age
Ancient DNA dating to between 16,000–18,000 years ago ... but this study also underscores the importance of forested regions of the continent, such as Central or West Africa, to understand patterns of ...
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Benin and other West African kingdoms
Today, the Asante people still remember their ancient traditions. They hold special ceremonies called durbars. This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly ...
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Chief Moomen stages ‘Mansa Musa’ theatre on January 24
One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical theatre production titled 'Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold ...
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Ancient human genomes offer clues about the earliest migrations out of Africa
As a consequence of this encounter, modern populations outside Africa carry about 2–3% Neanderthal ancestry in their genomes. The ancient populations expanding out of Africa subsequently ...