The History of West Africa at a Glance
Of any region on the African continent, West Africa had the biggest concentration of ancient kingdoms and empires in its pre-colonial history. It’s no easy task to capture snapshots of …
Tag: Kingdoms
History of the Ashanti: Empire and Colonization
Oral histories all agree that the Ashanti were originally part of a unified Akan clan that included the Fante, Wassaw and other Twi-speaking people. But it is in the specifics …
History of the Bambara: Ségou and Kaarta
Many oral histories, myths and conjectures obscure the origins of the Bambara. Some claim their ancestors migrated from the Sahara desert. Others say they came from the Wassoulou River Valley, …