Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry.

It lies about four hundred miles north west of modern Ghana. Ancient Ghana encompassed what ... it is thought that a number of clans of the Soninke people, (in modern Senegal) came together ...

Today, the Asante people still remember their ancient traditions. They hold special ceremonies called durbars. This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly ...