south
15th
new
years
production
rainy
endeavour
old
empires
equitable
young
income
Faso
textiles
tapped
little
unsustainable
crippling
environment
depending
health
ability
artisanal
accumulation
region
north
Guinea
rural
women
Saharan
gold
mining
Ghana
African
salt
control
executed
agriculture
Africa
African
villages
region
controlled
slaves
cloth
Australian
African
1980s
dormant
mining
trade
ordinary
generally
Mali
now
children
companies
fell
yield
Chinese
ancient
people
many
mining
significant
wealth
left
ninth
citizens
leading
surged
Canadian
Senegal
decentralised
Just
____________________
it's
the
____________________
season
in
____________________
West
____________________
.
But
in
____________________
____________________
in
parts
of
____________________
,
Burkina
____________________
,
____________________
and
____________________
,
the
only
____________________
you
will
find
are
____________________
,
____________________
and
____________________
people
.
Most
____________________
men
have
____________________
to
pursue
____________________
in
____________________
gold
____________________
.
While
this
form
of
____________________
could
be
seen
as
a
____________________
,
more
____________________
and
____________________
form
of
wealth
____________________
,
it
is
a
risky
____________________
that
is
____________________
to
small
-
scale
____________________
,
is
economically
____________________
,
is
bad
for
the
____________________
and
carries
with
it
____________________
____________________
risks
.
Gold
____________________
is
not
new
.
West
____________________
____________________
thrived
from
the
____________________
to
____________________
centuries
because
they
____________________
the
trans
-
____________________
trade
.
Gold
and
____________________
were
traded
____________________
in
exchange
for
____________________
,
____________________
and
____________________
coming
____________________
.
Empires
rose
and
____________________
,
____________________
on
their
____________________
to
____________________
the
gold
____________________
.
The
gold
mines
of
the
____________________
West
____________________
empires
were
eventually
____________________
out
and
became
____________________
until
large
-
scale
____________________
mining
returned
to
the
____________________
in
the
____________________
.
Regional
gold
____________________
has
____________________
in
recent
____________________
and
is
now
a
____________________
source
of
____________________
in
Burkina
Faso
,
Mali
and
____________________
.
While
large
-
scale
gold
mining
in
the
region
is
____________________
by
international
mining
____________________
of
____________________
,
South
____________________
,
US
,
____________________
or
____________________
origin
,
these
operations
____________________
____________________
____________________
tangible
benefits
to
the
____________________
____________________
of
the
____________________
.