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Current Feed ContentThe Trans-Saharan TradeThe Trans-Saharan Trade played an important role in the rise of states in the Senegambia region and the Western Sudan, in general. This trade was conducted between the North African traders and their counterparts in West Africa. The motives which brought the people of West Africa into contact with the peoples of North Africa were primarily economic in origin. Trade between these two regions was a natural consequence of the different environments and way of life enjoyed by the Berbers and the... |