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As a result of the Gold and Salt Trade, Africa acquired an abundance of food and money which evidently brought forth a material wealth economy. Leon E. Clark, a writer from Praeger Press, New York, believed that Ghana was a country similar to his own. The Arab traders in the area wanted gold and the Wangara wanted salt. Both wanted to trade with each other, however, to do so, they “to pass through Ghana to trade” (Document #2). The government would then tax both groups of people for being on the country’s land. Through this taxation, Ghana flourished, allowing them to use gold for purposes other than currency. The Council of Kumase used the gold to create Pomas, another word for staffs. These staffs each had a Poma symbol on top, one of which

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