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West Africa produced large amounts of gold until about 1500 AD. The communication in this gold-for-salt was carried out using drums. [2] Silent trade might be used because of an inability to speak the other traders' language, or to protect the secrets of where the valuable gold and salt came from. Silent bartering has been used since ancient ...
The Wangara, like the Soninke of which they are a part, are descendants from migrants out of the once-fertile Green Sahara.Increased desertification drove these proto-Soninke southwest where they established stone settlements possibly as far back as 4000 B.C.E. or even earlier at sites such as Dhar Tichitt, Dhar Walata, and Dhar Néma in modern-day Mauritania.
An Okpoho-type manilla from south-eastern Nigeria Manilla bundle of copper and copper alloys, various eras, West Africa. Manillas [pronunciation?] are a form of commodity money, usually made of bronze or copper, which were used in West Africa. [1] They were produced in large numbers in a wide range of designs, sizes, and weights.
Other anthropologists have questioned whether barter is typically between "total" strangers, a form of barter known as "silent trade". Silent trade, also called silent barter, dumb barter ("dumb" here used in its old meaning of "mute"), or depot trade, is a method by which traders who cannot speak each other's language can trade without talking ...
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has broken ground on the construction of a 300,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery that the government hopes will turn the West African country into the region's ...
The Portuguese forays along the West African coast opened up new avenues for trade between Europe and West Africa. By the early 16th century, European trading bases, the factories established on the coast since 1445, and trade with Europeans became of prime importance to West Africa.
The U.S. State Department approved a foreign military sale to Zambia of military helicopters and related logistics support for an estimated cost of $100 million, the Pentagon said in a statement ...
During her first full day as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard will travel to Germany for the Munich Security Conference, where she will hold 30 bilateral meetings with counterparts ...