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Re:Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period... by Mediterraneo10 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @04:44PM (#22621046)
The GP is presumably referring to the Ghana and Mali Empires, which did arise in large part through ironworking, and then declined due to internal strife some time before European colonialism took off in the region (the former empire collapsed centuries before the Europeans arrived).
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Re:Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period... by init on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @05:09PM (#22621279)
I was thinking more of the kingdoms of Kongo[0] and Benin[1] that are geographically closer to present day Gabon.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo#First_Kongo-P...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Ashanti_wars

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