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4 days ago · western Africa, region of the western African continent comprising the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Western Africa is a term used in the Encyclopædia ...
- Sudan
The Sudan extends for more than 3,500 miles (5,500 km)...
- Western Africa
Muslims in western Africa. A reasonable body of sources for...
- Colonization
Western Africa - Colonization, Trade, Empires: The European...
- Decolonization, Independence, Sovereignty
Western Africa - Decolonization, Independence, Sovereignty:...
- The Southward Expansion of Oyo
Western Africa - Oyo Expansion, Yoruba Kingdoms, Slave...
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2 days ago · Sub-Saharan Africa, as a racist geographic construction, serves as an objectified, compartmentalized region of "Africa proper", "Africa noire," or "Black Africa." [115] The African diaspora is also considered to be a part of the same racialized construction as Sub-Saharan Africa. [115]
1 day ago · The Khoi and San peoples are considered the original inhabitants of this part of Africa. Following the end of colonialism, nearly all African countries adopted official languages that originated outside the continent, although several countries also granted legal recognition to indigenous languages (such as Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa).
- 46.1/km² (119.4/sq mi) (2021)
- 54+2*+5** (*disputed) (**territories)
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1 day ago · Egypt, country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Egypt’s heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East and was the site of one of the world’s earliest urban and literate societies. Learn more about Egypt in this article.
3 days ago · Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD or VUR-dee) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ, / ˌ k æ b-/ KA(H)B-oh VUR-day; Portuguese: [ˈkaβu ˈveɾðɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres ...
5 days ago · Geography and history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with maps, statistics, and a survey of its people, economy, and government. The country, located in central Africa, has a 25-mile (40-km) coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but is otherwise landlocked. The capital of the country is Kinshasa.
1 day ago · African art served as an inspiration in the 19th century for some of the greatest European artists, like Picasso, Gaugin and Matisse. But artists from Africa have played a small part in the international art world — until now. Earlier this month, a gallery in New York City held one of the largest showings of African contemporary art in the world.
