Remember the splendour of the West African kingdoms from Songhai to Mali and Ghana? Do you remember the Ashanti kingdom and the Golden Stool? The harmattan winds? Growing cocoa and mining gold in ...

YENDI, Ghana — It was terrible enough that the beloved king was murdered and his head paraded on a spear, causing his 32 widows to weep at the mere mention of his name. Or that more than two years ...