Good as Gold
Glittering treasures, gleaming coins, and eye-catching jewelry\u2026gold can be all of these things, but in some parts of the world it's also an enduring link to the past. Gus Casely-Hayford, director of the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of African Art, takes us on a journey through West Africa to learn how gold was the foundation for massive empires\u2014and his own family\u2014and how it continues shining brightly in West African culture today.