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 …
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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, …