NIGER RIVER SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE MUSEUMS CULTURE ARTIFACTS PEOPLE MEMORY TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE WEST AFRICA CANOES SOUTH CENTRAL NARRATIVE THE EXPEDITION SENT GOVERNMENT THE RIVER NIGER THE THIRD RIVER IN AFRICA THE FIFTEEN IN THE WORLD REACHING THE INTERIOR FLOW COURSE HELPED MAKE IT COMMERCE WEST BEGINS FUTA JALON HIGHLANDS GUINEA WHERE IT TAKES NORTHERLY ROUTE THE RIVER NORTH THE SAHARA JOINS NETWORK NIGER INLAND DELTA OASIS ARID THE ANCIENT KINGDOMS MALI INLAND DELTA TRADING PORT TIMBUKTU NORTHEASTERN THE RIVER FLOWS EAST SOUTHEAST ENTERING THE COUNTRY PASSING THE BORDER NIGERIA SOUTH TOWARD NIGER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ECOLOGICAL COMMERCIAL MAJOR SITE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION IN GOLD COAST OUIDAH THE MAKING OF ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE SHIP THE AGE SLAVE SHIP MODEL CARNELIAN BEAD EQUIANO THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION