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northwest Africa, c. 1902

Principal kingdoms and peoples of western Africa, 11th–16th century

Principal kingdoms and peoples of western Africa, 17th–19th century

Study the history of the African slave trade and its economic effect on western Africa, where coastal states became rich and powerful while savanna states were destabilized as their people were taken captive

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Study the history of the African slave trade and its economic effect on western Africa, where coastal states became rich and powerful while savanna states were destabilized as their people were taken captive

Study the history of the African slave trade and its economic effect on western Africa, where coastal states became rich and powerful while savanna states were destabilized as their people were taken captive

Learn about the history of the slave trade in western Africa.

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northwest Africa, c. 1902

northwest Africa, c. 1902

Map of northwest Africa, from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica,...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Principal kingdoms and peoples of western Africa, 11th–16th century

Principal kingdoms and peoples of western Africa, 11th–16th century

Map showing the principal kingdoms (at their greatest territorial extent) and peoples...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Principal kingdoms and peoples of western Africa, 17th–19th century

Principal kingdoms and peoples of western Africa, 17th–19th century

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.