@wangarawiyyu: When we think of the Imperial Mandé, we think of military power, of Kangaba, of conquest. But the Mandingues possessed another strength an economic and intellectual one: the Wangara. Mentioned as early as the 11th century by Arab geographers Al-Bakri and Al-Idrisi, the Wangara were the masters of the gold trade. They controlled the exchange routes between gold, salt, and kola across West Africa, from the Bambouk region to the Ashanti territories. #wangara #mandinka #djoula #africahistory #mandingo

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