observer.gm - At the height of Ghana’s prosperity, before AD 1240, the city of Kumbi Saleh was the biggest West African city of its day, and had as many as 15,000 inhabitants or even more. About 320 kilometres north of modern Bamako, Kumbi was a twin city with two separate centres six miles apart. Although the two towns were linked by a continuum of houses, they were distinct in character and function. The one formed a Muslim quarter where North African merchants resided during their trading missions to...» view full story