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Grain Coast
region, West Africa
Grain Coast, section of the western coast of the Gulf of Guinea, in Africa, extending approximately from Cape Mesurado to Cape Palmasāin present-day Liberiaāon either side of the Cestos (Cess) River. It was primarily a sphere of Afro-Portuguese trade. The name of the coast originates in the early trade in the spice known as grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta).
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