WESTERN AFRICA
Western Africa stretches from the Sahara in the north to the Gulf of Guinea in the south, with a long Atlantic coastline running the length of its western edge. The region was home to several major pre-colonial empires, including the Mali and Songhai empires, and played a central and devastating role in the transatlantic slave trade, a history that continues to shape its cultures, demographics, and relationships with the wider world.
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