To use and consume the products, and use the slaves. However the trade they profited most from was the carriage trade - taking goods and slaves between other places and making a handsome profit on the resale transaction.
There are several things that an immigrant would bring to remind them of their homeland. Some of them include photos, cultural artefacts and other minerals that are found in their homeland.
Iron products and Slaves
Moloch was the god of the Canaanites and the Phoenicians. You can get more information about Moloch at the Wikipedia. Once on the page, type "Moloch" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.
Polo's book was a best seller. He described places, people, and things that no one had ever seen. For men like Columbus it was a call to explore and to find ways to bring back the things people wanted. The man/country that found a water route to Asia would be very rich and dominate the waterways to Asia. This was motivated by riches, fame, and power.
Many children were kidnapped on the way by slave traders who thought they could just grab and run a couple of children. Also, 2 merchants sold a whole group as slaves when they offered to bring the children across the sea to Jerusalem but actually kidnapped the children.
To supplement their own products with products they did not have/make. Also to on-trade them to other areas.
they brought food water and people with them.
There are several things that an immigrant would bring to remind them of their homeland. Some of them include photos, cultural artefacts and other minerals that are found in their homeland.
Imports
What religion did the traders bring to the people of Ghana and Mali
They brought it by boat.
by buying them from African slave traders
Traders would bring salt to Ghana and other things of intrest, mostley salt was traded for gold during the period of trade,
water
Most importantly, their religion Islam
Salt
because they get benifited as the traders who are passing by should pay the tax and some times the traders bring gifts for them.