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A look at west Africa.
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West AfricaWest Africa
West Africa:
Trading Empires
• There were three big ones in this area: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai (in that order).
• All traded gold and salt and taxed traders who passed through their land on trade routes through the Sahara.
Stateless Society
• There are many stateless societies around here.
• A stateless society is a people of one lineage or family who trace their descent back to one person.
• This is different from a stateless nation, which is a people who share the same culture and nationalistic identity.
• An example is the Igbo.
Economy
• The economies in this area struggle quite a bit.
• A big reason is political instability that leads to civil wars.
• Sierra Leone, for example, while having a lot of diamonds, does not have a developed infrastructure.
• There was also a UN ban on the sale of Sierra Leone diamonds due to the warring and corrupt governments.
Culture
• Ashanti
• The Ashanti are known for their intricate kente cloth
• And their stools
• Some tribes, such as the Igbo, also made masks.
• The Benin were known for the terra cotta:
• And their bronzes