Today, the Asante people still remember their ancient traditions. They hold special ceremonies called durbars. This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly ...

It lies about four hundred miles north west of modern Ghana. Ancient Ghana encompassed what ... it is thought that a number of clans of the Soninke people, (in modern Senegal) came together ...

One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical theatre production titled “Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold, ...