History of West Africa
OCCURRENCES AND PEOPLE IN WEST AFRICA THROUGHOUT HISTORY
West Africa history; West Africa History; West African History; History of Western Africa; Western African History; Western Africa History; History of west africa; Ancient History of West Africa; Ancient history of West Africa; Ancient West Africa; Archaeogenetics of West Africa; Iron Age West Africa; West African Iron Age
The history of West Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the Iron Age in Africa, the major polities flourishing, the colonial period, and finally the post-independence era, in which the current nations were formed. West Africa is west of an imagined north–south axis lying close to 10° east longitude, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Sahara Desert.