West African coast
Sahel meets ocean
The western coastline of Africa, stretching from Mauritania south to Angola along the Atlantic Ocean.
The term appears in historical, geographical, and cultural contexts—particularly discussions of the transatlantic slave trade, which devastated the region for centuries: Ships departed the West African coast carrying human cargo to the Americas.
The coastal nations today include Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, and others.
- slave fortsCoastal structures for human trafficking
- Atlantic OceanSecond-largest marine body
- fishing industryCommercial marine harvest sector
- oil extractionRemoving petroleum from reservoirs
- Gulf of GuineaAtlantic inlet, African coast
colonial ports · mangroves · independence movements · historical treaties · religious practices · shipping ports · archaeological sites · oral histories · European exploration · lagoons · storytelling traditions · salt production · Bight of Benin · Niger Delta · gold dust · estuaries · tidal creeks · islands
West African coastSpice Islands
Indonesian seasoning-source archipelago
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