Windward Coast

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Windward Coast
Windward Coast.svg
Windward Coast location in red
StatusModern 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.

Culture

The Windwarders were renowned for their rice and indigo cultivation. [2]

References

  1. Jones, Adam; Johnson, Marion (1980). "Slaves from the Windward Coast" . The Journal of African History. 21. Cambridge University Press: 17–34. doi:10.1017/S0021853700017837. S2CID   162137010 . Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. "NPS Ethnography: African American Heritage & Ethnography". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved 2023-03-14.