The answer to the question given above is Ghana.
The Ghana Empire was located in the western part of Africa.
>The Ghana Empire was formerly known as Wagadou Empire . It was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal.
>The Ghana Empire is believed to be first of at least three great empires that would rise in that part of Africa from the 9th to the 16th centuries
> This was followed by another two empires: the Mali Empire and the Songhai Empire.