These were situated at Bambuk, on the upper Senegal River. The Soninke also sold slaves, salt and copper, in exchange for textiles, beads and finished goods. The capital of Kumbi Saleh became the ...
The Gambia is a thin sliver of land either side of the eponymous river, surrounded on three sides by Senegal. The 1.9km (1.2 miles) Senegambia bridge near Farafenni links the two halves of The ...
The Portuguese, who had explored much of the coast of western Africa under the sponsorship of Prince Henry, landed along the shores of the Senegal River 350 years earlier.