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Who founded the Kingdom of Ghana?

Griots

The Soninke

The Mandinka

Arab traders

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They called their kingdom Wagadu, but we know it as Ghana, the name the Arabs gave it. The kingdom's golden age began around 800 CE and lasted for nearly three centuries. Ghana's capital changed several times but the last and most famous of them was Kumbi (or Koumbi Saleh), perhpas founded in the 4th century CE.
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The correct answer is: The Soninke

The Kingdom of Ghana had it's existence from 750 to 1076 A.D. approximately. It covered the region of what nowadays is southeastern Mauritania, western Mali, and eastern Senegal. Their founders were the Soninke, traders who "capitalized on the ideal location of Ancient Ghana", this in order to stablish relationships with caravans in the north and gold traders in the south. As a result the Kingdom of Ghana became rich, they exported ivory, salt and gold. This region was called Wagadou by their founders.

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