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There are many trade routes in Africa. These routes were used as routes for trade and often times for travel.
The two most important trade items were gold and salt.
Salt and gold.
Gold and salt
Gold, cocoa, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore and diamonds.
Bananas
Most manufactured goods traveled from Europe to Africa, where they were exchanged for enslaved Africans.
Gold and salt!!
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While there was no official "capital" (because of the multiple empires that come and go), one of (if not the) most important trade city in West Africa was Timbuktu.
European colonial powers like Britain, France, and Portugal benefited the most from the triangular trade. They gained immense wealth through the trade of enslaved Africans, raw materials, and finished goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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