Africa, the second-largest and second-most-populous continent globally, comprises 54 countries, each with its unique culture, ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established ... Brazilian traders were finding it difficult to operate in West Africa because the British navy was intercepting slave ships.

Islam first came to West Africa as a slow and peaceful process, spread by Muslim traders and scholars. The early journeys across the Sahara were done in stages. Goods passed through chains of ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established ... Brazilian traders were finding it difficult to operate in West Africa because the British navy was intercepting slave ships.

By 1941 with the help of African soldiers from west, east and South Africa the Italians were defeated in Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie was then restored to his throne. North Africa was the ...