Some figures transcend all borders - physical, religious or spiritual: Cai goes in search of the legendary Kanku Musa, possibly the richest person who ever lived, and who changed the course of Muslim history forever. Meanwhile, Laila recounts the mythical tale of the Queen of Sheba and her roots in Ethiopia.
Kanku Musa: Lord of the Mines | African Roots | DW dw.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dw.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DW s African Roots project: Making Africa s history tangible African Roots is celebrating 50 portraits of significant figures in African history. Narrated with African voices, they serve as the basis for debates on the web, radio, or historical sites.
A reverent mood prevails within the walls of Cape Coast Castle that fortress on the Ghanaian coast from which European traders and colonial powers once shipped hundreds of thousands of slaves across the Atlantic. Before the eyes of schoolgirl Gloria Ekweagu, the fortress with its dark dungeons conjures up images of torture, of people screaming. I actually felt the pain they were feeling, Ekweagu says in conversation with three other students, a historian, and DW moderator Isaac Kaledzi. If we want to teach the history of slavery, we have to take people to historical places, says history professor Kwame Osei Kwarteng.