It began with the Portuguese, who went to West Africa in search of gold. The first Europeans to come to Africa's West Coast to trade ... Europe and islands in the Atlantic. But after the voyages ...

For the first time ever, Henry Lovejoy, a CU Boulder history professor, has mapped the boundaries of a fallen African kingdom best known for its role in the Atlantic slave trade ... an estimated ...

Major airline Virgin Atlantic has added new direct daily flights to a stunning African country that boasts an incredible 334 miles of sandy beaches.