Answer:
Many items were traded between North Africa and West Africa, but the two goods that were most in demand were gold and salt. The North Africans wanted gold, which came from the forest region south of Ghana. The people in the forests wanted salt, which came from the Sahara.
International influence, also they had just defeated Spain when they begun having imperial ambitions, therefore they may want to fill that gap
Yes they were. their way of life was threatened/ thusly had to defend it.
