Lucy Hedges explores Cape Verde, an archipelago of islands off the coast of West Africa, which has become a popular holiday destination thanks to its year round sunshine. While most tourists don't ...

With land ownership came ownership of the natural resources that lay within a territory, and that is how Musa came to be so rich – via salt and gold, mainly. West Africa has always had lots of gold.

Starting in the medieval period, a series of powerful kingdoms developed in West Africa. These West African ... such as gold, silver and salt. The natural resources helped the empires and kingdoms ...