Conventional Long Name: | Windward Coast |
Common Name: | Windward Coast |
Status: | Modern day Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire |
Demonym: | Windwarders |
Time Zone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Time Zone Dst: | GMT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +0 |
The Windward Coast is an area of West Africa located on the coast between Cape Mount and Assini,[1] i.e. the coastlines of the modern states of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, to the west of the Gold Coast. A related region is the Pepper Coast.
The Windwarders were renowned for their rice and indigo cultivation.[2]