A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: More jobs and no 'nuisance taxes' - Ghanaians' great expectations A love letter to attiéké, Ivory Coast's ...

As early as the 14th century cowrie shells were used on Africa’s western coast, according to the National Museum of African ...

The Five Cowries 'Furanni' programme is an innovative ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over ...

It was one of the most important market centres in West Africa, where kola ... slave market where humans were sold or exchanged for cowries. Ibrahim Jamal, a cultural officer at the Salaga ...