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Africa is a continent comprising 62 political terrotories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of earth's surface.Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez. The civilizations that flourished in ancient West Africa were all based on trade, so successful West African leaders tended to be peace makers rather than warriors.Caravans from North Africa crossed the Sahara beginning in the seventh century of the Common Era.Gold from West Africa was exchanged for something the West Africans prized evenmore, salt.Salt was used as a flavoring, a food preservative, and for retaining body moisture. Culture in Africa Africa is divided into a great number of ethnic cultures. The continent's cultural regeneration has also been an integral aspect of post-independence nation-building on the continent, with a recognition of the need to harness the cultural resources of Africa to enrich the process of education, requiring the creation of an enabling environment in a number of ways.During colonialism in Africa, Europeans possessed attitudes of superiority and a sense of mission.The French were able to accept an African as French if that person gave up their African culture and adopted French ways.
 * [[image:perez12/300px-LocationAfrica.png]]Geography of Africa**
 * Trade in Africa**

Empire of Ghana The history of Ghana dates back to the 4th century as the medieval Ghana Empire of west africa which it is named after. Ghana was the title of the king who ruled that kingdom but it was later absorbed into the larger mail empire.its original position is about 500 miles from the prosent republic end beams whit rich africa history.The decline of the empire started in the 11th century,when the Almoravids, a millant confederation of muslims, began to attack the empire and even conquered it for a time. Mansa Musa Mansa Musa was the10th emperor of Mali. At the time of Mansa Musa's rise to the throne, the Malian Empire consisted of territory formerly belonging to the Ghana Empire and Melle.Musa was a devout Muslim and his pilgrimage to Mecca, a command ordained by Allah according to core teachings of Islam , made him well-known across northern Africa and the Middle East. To Musa, Islam was "an entry into the cultured world of the Eastern Mediterranean".Musa made his pilgrimage in 1324, his procession reported to include 60,000 men, 12,000 slaves who each carried four-pound gold bars, heralds dressed in silks who bore gold staffs, organized horses and handled bags. Empire of Songhai The **Songhai Empire**, also known as the **Songhay Empire**, was a Songhai state located in western Africa.From the mid-15th to the 16th century, Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history.The Songhai are thought to have settled at Gao as early as 800 CE, but did not establish the city as their capital until the 11th century.In the decades following the death of Mansa Sulayman in 1360, disputes over succession weakened the Mali Empire.
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