They explore copper money objects at the time of the Sahelian empires of ancient Ghana and Mali, glass beads as money in 19th-century East Africa's central caravan road, gin currency in colonial southern Nigeria, banks and the West African Currency Board, money and colonialism in the Gold Coast and British West Africa during the early 20th century, and other topics.
What does WACB stand for?
WACB stands for West African Currency Board (British colonial government)
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Then this function was taken over by the West African Currency Board and the East African Currency Board established in 1912 and 1919 respectively.
That said, we must, however, add that the West African Currency Board that produced the Pound for Anglophone West Africa, did not create a monetary zone.