Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and ... These mines were situated at Bambuk, on the upper Senegal river. The Soninke people also sold slaves, salt and copper in exchange for ...

Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern Northern ... it is thought that a number of clans of the Soninke people, (in modern Senegal) came together under a leader with semi-divine status ...

Medieval Ghana (4th - 13th Century): The Republic of ... Similarily, the French, equally impressed by the trinkets worn by the coastal people, named The Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire.

Bowers and Smith moved to Ghana from Florida in 2023 after visiting the region several times between them since the ’90s. They now run a tour business that caters to Black people who want to ...