Become an expert on

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Become an expert on

• West Africa

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Mali

• Landlocked country in West Africa

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Timbuktu (Tombouktou)

• In early times a center for learning
• Ancient city in Mali

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Nigeria

• West African country with largest population
• Oil is major mineral resource and largest export

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Senegal

• West Africa country along the Atlantic Coast

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Cote dIvoire (Ivory Coast)

• Capital city of Cote dIvoire is Abidjan

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Ghana

• Capital City of Ghana is Accra
• First West African country to gain independence
  in 1957

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Liberia

• Only country in Africa that was never a colony

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Harmattan

• Dry dusty wind from the Sahara

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Developing economy

• Economy that is becoming industrialized but still
  does many jobs by hand, that other parts of the
  world have mechanized.

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West African Farming

• Most takes place on small individually owned
  plots of land

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Sahara

• Desert that covers most of North Africa

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Lowlands along the coast

• Sandy beaches, rain forests and mangrove swamps

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Sahel

• Short grasses and trees are used for grazing
  animals

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Bauxite

• Mineral used to make aluminum

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Senegal River

• Flows through several West African countries

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Ibo

• Ethnic group in West Africa

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Religions of West Africa

• Traditional Tribal

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Climate of West Africa

• Influenced by Gulf of Guineas warm currents