The Salaga Slave Market: Trade, Conflict, and Memory in Northern Ghana

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Salaga Slave Market, a major hub for the trans-Saharan and Atlantic slave trades in what is now northern Ghana. They discuss Salaga's rise as a commercial center in the 18th and 19th centuries, its role in supplying slaves to both Asante and European traders, the impact of the abolition movement, and the market's eventual decline after British colonial rule. The conversation also touches on the 1894 Battle of Salaga between the Dagomba and Gonja, the legacy of the market in local memory, and efforts to preserve its history today. Along the way, they weave in the story of Naa Gbewaa and the Dagbon kingdom, the role of horse caravans from the Sahel, and the complex dynamics of slavery in West Africa. #Salaga #SlaveTrade #GhanaHistory #Dagbon #Gonja #NaaGbewaa #TransSaharanTrade #AtlanticSlaveTrade #VoltaBasin #Asante #BritishColonialism #Abolition #BattleOfSalaga #HorseCaravans #MemoryStudies #WestAfrica #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo