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| 6139905045 | factories | European trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants; utilized throughout Portuguese trading empire to assure secure landing places and commerce | 0 | |
| 6139912898 | El Mina | Most important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa | 1 | |
| 6139918657 | Nzinga Mvemba | King of Kongo south of Zaire River from 1507 to 1543; converted to Christianity and took title Alfonso I; under Portuguese influence attempted to Christianize all of kingdom | 2 | |
| 6139955510 | Luanda | Portuguese factory established in 1520s of Kongo; became basis for Portuguese colony of Angola | 3 | |
| 6139963523 | Royal African Company | Chartered in 1660s to establish a monopoly over the slave trade among British merchants; supplied African slaves to colonies in Barbados, Jamaica and Virginia | 4 | |
| 6139971583 | Indies piece | Term used within the complex exchange system established by Spanish for African trade; refereed to the value of an adult male slave | 5 | |
| 6139979386 | triangular trade | commerce linking Africa, the new World colonies, and Europe; slaves carried to America for sugar and tobacco transported to Europe | 6 | |
| 6139988159 | Asante empire | established in Gold Coast among Akan people settled around Kumasi' dominated by Oyono clan; many clans linked under Osei Tutu after 1650 | 7 | |
| 6139988160 | asantehene | title taken by ruler of Asante empire; supreme civil and religious leader; authority symbolized by golden stool | 8 | |
| 6139990937 | Osier Tutu | member of Oyono clan of Akan peoples in Gold Coast region of Africa; responsible for creating unified Asante Empire in 1701; utilized Western firearms | 9 | |
| 6140015464 | Dahomey | kingdom developed among Fon or Aja people in 17th century; center at Abomey 70 miles from coast; under King Agaja expanded to control coastline and port of Whydah by 1727; accepted western firearms and goods in return for African slaves. | 10 | |
| 6140028195 | Luo | Nilotic people who migrated from upper Nile valley; established dynasty among existing Bantu population in lake region of central eastern Africa; center at Bunyoro | 11 | |
| 6140039933 | Fulani | Pastoral people of western Sudan; adopted purifying Sufi variant of Islam; under Usuman Dan Folio in 1804, launched revolt against Hausa kingdom; established state centered on Sokoto | 12 | |
| 6140053471 | great trek | Movement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of southern Africa to escape influence of British colonial government in 1834; led to settlement of regions north of Orange River and Natal | 13 | |
| 6140065365 | mfecane | Wars of 19th century in southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka; revolutionized political organization of southern Africa | 14 | |
| 6140065366 | Swazi | New African state formed on model of Zulu chiefdom; survived mfecane | 15 | |
| 6140067133 | Lesotho | Southern African state that survived mfecane; not based on Zulu model; less emphasis on military organization, less authoritarian government | 16 | |
| 6140089841 | Middle Passage | Slave voyage from Africa to America (16th-18th century); generally a traumatic experience for black slaves; although it failed to strip Africans of their culture | 17 | |
| 6140102599 | salt water slaves | slaves transported from Africa; almost invariable black | 18 | |
| 6140105271 | Creole slaves | American-born descendants of saltwater slaves; result of sexual exploitation of slave women or process of miscegenation (interbreeding of people from different races) | 19 | |
| 6140125730 | obeah | African religious ideas and practices in the English and French Caribbean islands | 20 | |
| 6140125731 | candomble | African religious ideas and practices in Brazil, particularly among the Yoruba people | 21 | |
| 6140127465 | vodun | African religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti | 22 | |
| 6140138531 | Palmares | Kingdom of runaway slaves with a population of 8000 to 10000 people; located in Brazil during the 17th century; leadership was Angolan | 23 | |
| 6140147132 | Suriname | Formerly a Dutch plantation colony on the coast of South America; location of runaway slave kingdom in 18th century; able to retain independence despite attempts to crush guerrilla resistance | 24 | |
| 6140158562 | William Wilberforce | British statesman and reformer; leader of abolitionist movement in English parliament that led to end of English slave trade in 1807 | 25 |
