01/14/2026
African slave trading involved various coastal and interior kingdoms, not "countries" in the modern sense, with major sources including Senegambia (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau), Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone, Guinea), Windward Coast (Liberia, Ivory Coast), Gold Coast (Ghana), Bight of Benin (Benin, Nigeria), and Bight of Biafra (Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola), where local leaders sold people, often captives from wars, to European traders who then shipped them to the Americas and Europe. While Burkina Faso wasn't a primary coastal port, its people were involved in the trade, often as captives sent to the coast from the interior.
Key Regions & Kingdoms Involved:
Senegambia: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau.
Sierra Leone Region: Sierra Leone, Guinea.
Windward Coast: Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
Gold Coast: Ghana (Kingdom of Ashanti).
Bight of Benin: Benin (Kingdom of Dahomey), Nigeria (Yoruba, Igbo).
Bight of Biafra: Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola.
West-Central Africa: Angola, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea.
How it Worked:
European Demand: European powers (Portugal, Britain, Spain, France, etc.) established coastal forts and purchased enslaved people.
African Suppliers: African rulers and merchants captured people (often from rival groups or during conflicts) and traded them for European goods like guns, textiles, and alcohol.
From Interior to Coast: People from areas like modern Burkina Faso might be taken captive in the interior and marched to coastal ports like Ouidah (Benin) or Elmina (Ghana) for sale.
Burkina Faso's Role:
Though landlocked, groups within present-day Burkina Faso were impacted, with people sold into the system, often via networks that brought them to coastal trading centers in the neighboring region. How can you live with yourselves? African Americans should have free access to everything involving the continent
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