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| 4331721679 | Kingdom of Ghana | west African kingdom rises to prominence 300~1200; grows rich from the gold-salt trade routes that open up after domestication of the camel allows trans-Saharan trade | 0 | |
| 4331731202 | Mali Empire | west African kingdom that rises to prominence 1230~1600 having previously played a role in the gold-salt trade, spreading language and culture along the Niger River | 1 | |
| 4331737108 | Sundiata Keita | founder of the Mali Empire 1235~1255; organizes and rules over a number of surrounding kingdoms as a federation | 2 | |
| 4331761686 | Mansa Musa | Malian emperor 1312~1337 who oversees expansion of the wealth and territory of the empire; famed for extravagant 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca, returning with many prominent Muslim artists and architects to make Timbuktu a center of Islamic learning and culture in west Africa | 3 | |
| 4331774280 | Songhay Empire | west African kingdom that comes to prominence 1464~1591 and grows to be the largest African empire prior to European colonization; grows rich by using naval force to secure trade along the Niger River | 4 | |
| 4331784458 | Sunni Ali | military ruler and first king of the Songhay Empire 1464~1493, captures and fortifies cities, and replaces local leaders with those loyal to him | 5 | |
| 4331792570 | Askia Muhammad | Songhay emperor 1493~1528 whose policies establish Islam as an integral part of the empire, revive Timbuktu as one of many centers of Muslim learning, and expand trade with Europe and Asia | 6 | |
| 4331802003 | Battle of Tondibi | 1591 battle in which Songhay army is defeated by Moroccan forces with superior firepower, allowing Moroccans control of the gold-salt trade and triggering the disintegration of the Songhay Empire | 7 | |
| 4331809156 | griot | West African storyteller and royal advisor, representing the use of oral tradition to preserve history in west African nations | 8 | |
| 4331846006 | Kilwa | wealthy Islamic city-state on the east coast of Africa, forced to pay tribute to Portuguese after 1502; representative of the wealth of Swahili ports gained from Indian Ocean trade, and their decline following European contact | 9 | |
| 4331852977 | Afonso I | Christian name of King Nzinga Mbemba of Kongo (r.1509~1542), who welcomes European science and religion, attempting to convert the population to Catholicism, but refuses to sell land or adopt legal codes of Europeans; complains to Europeans about destabilizing effects of increased slave trade | 10 | |
| 4331865154 | Nzinga | queen of Kingdom of Ndongo (Angola) 1623~1663 who fights against growing Portuguese influence in her kingdom; demands to be treated equally to Europeans during negotiations | 11 | |
| 4331872859 | Great Zimbabwe | southern African kingdom that becomes rich from its location on the trade route between the coastal trading ports and interior of Africa, before declining as population leave to found new kingdom; noted for magnificent stone structures that still stand today | 12 | |
| 4331876910 | Khoikhoi | pastoral nomads encountered by Dutch settlers in south Africa in the 17th century; subsequently decimated by smallpox | 13 | |
| 4331880584 | Fulani | Islamic west African nomads who in 1680 rebel against Songhay Empire and attempt to enforce sharia law in west Africa | 14 | |
| 4331891037 | Dona Beatriz | 1684~1706, prophet of the Kongo Catholic Church and founder of Christian sect of Antonianism; fervent Christian who is eventually tried and executed for heresy | 15 | |
| 4331896275 | Antonianism | Christian movement that claims Jesus and other significant early Christian figures originally came from Kongo; representative of the synthesis of major religions with native African beliefs and traditions | 16 | |
| 4331902476 | manioc | root crop introduced to Africa from Americas and grows well in regions affected by drought, leading to population growth; representative of the effects of the Columbian Exchange upon Africa | 17 | |
| 4331907634 | the 'Triangular Trade' | pattern of trade established following European colonization of Americas; sees manufactured goods (particularly firearms) traded in Africa for slaves which are sent to the Americas, to work on plantations producing cash crops and raw materials to be sent back to Europe | 18 | |
| 4332267512 | the 'Middle Passage' | the transportation of slaves from Africa to the Americas; notable for the vast number of people subjected to this forced migration and the horrific conditions endured en route | 19 | |
| 4332273804 | Asante | ethnic group inhabiting west Africa, amongst whom slaves captured in warfare would sometimes be held in high regard or as kinsmen; representative of some of cultural differences between Africans and Europeans with regards to slavery | 20 | |
| 4332277511 | Oyo | Yoruba-speaking empire of west Africa noted for acting as middlemen in the slave trade; receiving salt from Europeans in return for captives and criminals | 21 | |
| 4332280503 | Dahomey | west African kingdom that gains a reputation of profiting from the slave trade; representative of the accounts of European slave traders who exaggerated African participation in the trade as a means of justification | 22 | |
| 4332295808 | cash crop | crop grown specifically for export/profit rather than consumption | 23 | |
| 4332296476 | maroon | term given to slaves that run away, eventually leading to communities of escaped slaves, and in time rebellion, in the Americas | 24 | |
| 4332299626 | creole language | language that develops amongst non-homogenous slave populations in the Americas; blend of European languages with African influences | 25 | |
| 4332302968 | Olaudah Equiano | 1745~1797, freed slave whose autobiography, with its comments on the rights of free colored people and eloquent attacks on the institution of slavery, is hugely influential amongst British abolitionists | 26 | |
| 4332308668 | William Wilberforce | 1759~1833, British politician who dedicates his life to religion, education, and morality; becomes a passionate campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade | 27 | |
| 4332312563 | Thomas Clarkson | 1760~1846, British abolitionist who dedicates - and risks - his life passionately campaigning for the end of the slave trade in Britain and later worldwide | 28 | |
| 4332318260 | Slave Trade Act 1807 | British Act of Parliament that abolishes slave trade in the British Empire, including the Atlantic slave trade | 29 | |
| 4332319908 | Slavery Abolition Act 1833 | British Act of Parliament that abolishes the institution of slavery in the British Empire | 30 |
