Windward Coast | |
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![]() Windward Coast location in red | |
Status | Modern day Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire |
Demonym(s) | Windwarders |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
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The Windward Coast is an area of West Africa located on the coast between Cape Mount and Assini, [1] i.e. the coastlines of the modern states of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, to the west of the Gold Coast. A related region is the Pepper Coast. It is called the Windward Coast because it was a place where European sailors met the Atlantic trade winds head-on, windward = upwind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
The Windwarders were renowned for their rice and indigo cultivation. [2]