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How did the West coast of Africa come to be know as the Gold coast?
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agoA section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana.
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∙ 10y agoThe west coast of Africa came to be known as the Gold Coast because of the gold that was found there in earlier times.
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