For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned ...

This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who re-examined an archaeological site in West Africa from which ... This reflects a complex history of population subdivision ...

1836: A West African imperialism in the era of the Atlantic slave trade ... Jan Vansina, Paths in the rainforests: toward a history of political tradition in equatorial Africa (London, 1990). Ivor ...