The Dabls Bead Museum draws thousands of annual visitors from around the world to see and purchase vintage African trade beads that number as old as 300 to 400 years. For more information ...

and beads brought by boat from Europe. When Europeans arrived along the West African coast, slavery already existed on the continent. However, in his book The African Slave Trade, Basil Davidson ...

a ship's captain in the slave trade from Liverpool.These decorative glass beads were used to ease the passage of traders mainly across Africa. Similar beads are also found in the United States and ...

Heather Lawther is a clinical lab scientist … but by day, after she gets a few hours of sleep, she is an avid beader, jewelry maker and small business owner. While science and crafting may seem ...

Glass beads were made for many millennia in Africa, but became commonly used in international trade throughout the Islamic period. The beads were a form of currency, and also prized for their beauty.

And they gave Mrimba presents of trade goods and beads. Sultan Ali married Mrimba's daughter. He lived on good terms with the people." Excerpt from East African Coast, Select Documents ...

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to ...

Where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet, forming the modern border between Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, lies a hill ...

The transatlantic slave trade ... African descent. The remains have been dated to the second half of the 4th Century. She was found with jet and elephant ivory bracelets, earrings, pendants, beads ...

Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and the introduction of the camel during the Trans-Saharan trade increased the ... in exchange for textiles, beads and finished goods.

100,000 Years AgoPerched near Africa's southern tip, Blombos Cave has yielded some of the earliest evidence of symbolic expression, including shell beads, engraved ocher, and ocher-processing kits ...

and beads brought by boat from Europe. When Europeans arrived along the West African coast, slavery already existed on the continent. However, in his book The African Slave Trade, Basil Davidson ...