The Niger River has impacted the development and growth of
the West African Kingdoms in many ways. It has given the people a suitable
ecosystem to live on, suitable for agricultural works. The ecosystem has given
the people of West Africa a place to live in and to use it for their advantage.
The Niger River also became the passageway of trades across the regions. The trade
system was known as Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade, wherein the merchants at that
time travelled by caravan through the Sahara Desert.
