In October 2015, scientists reconstructed the genome of a 4,500-year-old man who lived in Ethiopia. It was the first time that anyone had created a complete genetic snapshot of an African from an ...
From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern-day Guinea-Bissau. The stories of its royalty and reign have been told for generations ...
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From ancient salt routes to a modern trade corridor in West Africa
By Kwame A. APEANINGFor centuries, salt has been more than a commodity in West Africa; it has been a currency of trade, power, and regional integration. Ghana occupies a unique position in this ...
In the suburbs of Seattle, an ancient West-African religion is gaining followers. Yoruba, from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, has been spreading across the U.S. for the last 50 years. The religion is ...
On the criteria that matter to medicine—not later industrial power— Africa led . Medicine does not exist in isolation. It depends on cities, sanitation, governance, and trade. Africa’s medical ...
Reviewed by Gabriele Weisser in Journal of African archaeology (Frankfurt am Main) 3 (2) 2005, pages 297-299 (GN861.J68 AFA). Reviewed by Detlef Gronenborn in Anthropos (Fribourg) 101 (1) 2006, ...
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