3) Why was there a strong demand for West African gold for many centuries, and what were the consequences of the trade in gold for societies of West Africa’s Sahel?

Answer the above question in 3-5 double spaced pages.

Ability to identify and articulate a central theme, marshal evidence from the course’s materials to support the position outlined above as well as to show your ability to follow directions, present accurate information and cite examples from the text that you paraphrase. Finally, this assignment will be graded on your demonstrated ability to provide adequate explanation of historical context and adhere to the rules of English grammar.  For this assignment, I look for whether you have re-stated the thesis and whether you have developed logical paragraphs that explain how the examples you have chosen support your statement about the question’s focus/target.

This course is AFH 2000 (if you need access to the text book please let me know)