Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th centuries ... over many years has symbolised the typical African ...

Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was one of the centres for the propagation of Islam.

Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help ...

Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and the introduction of the camel during the Trans ... city quickly became the most dynamic and important southern terminus of the Saharan trade ...

with its imposing stone walls is the best preserved of ten fortresses in the Lobi area and is part of a larger group of 100 stone enclosures that bear testimony to the power of the trans-Saharan gold ...