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‘Trans’ means across. This was therefore the exchange of goods across the Sahara between the peoples of North Africa (Berbers and Tuaregs) and the people of western Sudan.
The West African kingdoms of Mali, Ghana and Songhai were involved in this trade.
In this lesson, we are going to look at factors which led to the development of the trans Saharan trade.