WEST AFRICAN KINGDOMS: THE KINGDOM OF GHANA The kings of Ghana in the 11th century were not Muslims, but Muslims played a crucial role in their government. The great Spanish scholar Al Bakri ...

Though Gustav Klimt portrayed the nobleman in 1897, the painting had not been seen since 1938.. A collector couple had brought the heavily soiled painting to the gallery of the Viennese art dealers ...

10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding the King of Ghana The ...

India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World ... addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa where they are driving a major public health crisis.