Grade 8 · Social Studies · People, Population and Relationships (Trans-Saharan Slave Trade)
The Trans-Saharan trade linked West Africa with North Africa across the Sahara using camel caravans. Goods: gold, salt, ivory, kola nuts, cloth and enslaved people. Traders: Berbers, Tuareg and Arabs. Centres: Timbuktu, Gao, Djenne. Effects: rise of the Ghana, Mali and Songhai empires, spread of Islam, loss of life and depopulation.