William De La Palma Director, Dutch West India Co. September 5 ... from a local African leader to build a trading outpost and storehouse on Africa's Guinea coast. It was near a region that ...

Portraying China’s presence in Africa with flags on maps can distort African states’ sovereignty and their power to make ...

West Africa has been home to some great kingdoms ... Musa gave away gold to people he met on his route. Image caption, This map shows Mansa Musa with an Arab traveller. Mansa Musa is wearing ...

China has become Africa’s single largest trading partner. In response, media and policymakers in traditionally dominant states are increasingly using maps drenched ... it does in west, central ...