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Encyclopedia: West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa (which coincides with common reckonings of the region) includes the following 15 countries distributed over an area of around 5,000,000 km²:^[2]

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How to say "West Africa" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	西部非洲
	(Japanese)	西アフリカ
	(German)	Westafrika
	(Spanish)	África occidental
	(French)	Afrique de l'Ouest
	(Italian)	Africa occidentale

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Bia River

The Bia is a river in West Africa that flows through Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire...

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Sunjata

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South-West Africa

South-West Africa is the former name (1884-1990) of Namibia under German (as German South-West Africa, Deutsch Süd-West Afrika ) and (from 1915) South African administration. South-West Africa formally excluded Walvis Bay, a small South African-ruled coastal enclave which became part of Namibia...

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Adja

The Adja are a people of west Africa, mainly resident in Benin. Adja is also an alternative spelling for Adjassou-Linguetor, a loa in the religion of Vodun...

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French Guinea

French Guinea (in West Africa) became independent from France in 1958 (see Guinea). Be careful with the spelling: French Guiana is not French Guinea...

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Mandinka

The Mandinka people of West Africa number over one million and reside in The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea Bissau. External Link: The Mandinka People...

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Chadic languages

The Chadic languages are a language family spoken across Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic languages phylum; their best-known member is Hausa, the lingua franca of much of West Africa...

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Balafon

The balafon is a pentatonic xylophone of West Africa. The Susu people of Guinea are closely associated with it. Famous balafon players include El Hadj Djeli Sory Kouyaté and, early in his career, superstar Mory Kant�...

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Canadian Natural Resources

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Treaty of Alcacovas

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