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	Travel in Niamey Niger Culture
		Niger is a developing, inland African nation whose northern area includes a part of the Sahara Desert.
		In Niamey, Niger, there is just this one bridge linking the two riverbanks, and it is crossed by vehicles, people, and camels such as this one, which is carrying hay destined for consumption by domestic livestock within the city.
		The Niger is used as a transport artery in a region largely without good roads, or roads that are impassable during the six-month May - October wet season.
	www.africatravelling.net /niger/niamey/niamey_culture.htm (487 words)

	Country and Culture \| Niger \| Africa \| Where Does Peace Corps Work? \| Learn About Peace Corps \| Peace Corps
		Niger's harsh climate, geographic isolation, lack of natural resources, environmental degradation, and rapid population growth (3.6 percent annually) make it one of the world's poorest countries, ranking 177 out of 177 on the 2005 United Nations Human Development Index.
		Along the Niger River, which runs through the southwestern part of the country, rice and other irrigated crops are common, and rice is a common food in urban areas.
		Niger is a large country—almost twice the size of Texas—with a very hot and dry climate.
	www.peacecorps.gov /index.cfm?shell=learn.wherepc.africa.niger.countrycult (815 words)

	Niger (country) - MSN Encarta
		Niger (country) (French République du Niger), republic in western Africa, bounded on the north by Algeria and Libya, on the east by Chad, on the south by Nigeria and Benin, and on the west by Burkina Faso and Mali.
		During the Middle Ages the Niger region was on the central caravan route from North Africa to the Hausa states and the empires of Mali and Songhai.
		Niger was one of six sub-Saharan nations affected by a five-year drought, which was broken by summer rains in 1973.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?print=0&refid=761577598 (2205 words)

	NIGER, REPUBLIC OF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		The population of Niger according to the 1988 census was 7,228,552; the estimate for 1994 was 8,813,000.
		Niger’s third constitution was approved by national referendum in December 1992 and became effective in January 1993.
		Niger was one of six sub-Sahara nations affected by a 5-year drought, which was broken by summer rains in 1973.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..ni045700.a (2486 words)

	About Niger - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information
		Niger is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in Western Africa, named after the Niger river.
		Niger is a landlocked nation in West Africa located along the border between the Sahara and Sub-Saharan regions.
		Niger also has small borders in its far southwest frontier (Burkina Faso at 628 km and Benin at 266 km) and to the north-northeast (Libya at 354 km).
	www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/Niger.html (763 words)

	Niger Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Niger could be the place at the beginning of the end of the world.
		This is also the best time to visit Parc W, Niger's wildlife reserve, which closes during the wet season.
		Bluelist it › If you want your list to be considered for the Niger book, use the keyword 'highlight'.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/africa/niger (348 words)

	Niger culture
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		Niger images are licensed from World66.com under, and are hereby subject to, the Creative Commons License.
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	Culture of Niger - History and ethnic relations, Urbanism, architecture, and the use of space
		The major cultural and ethnic groups are characterized by a marked degree of specialization in labor that derives from their complex precolonial hierarchical, stratified social organization.
		Cultural values that are inculcated early in childhood include an emphasis on generosity and sharing, respect toward adult authority figures such as Islamic scholars and elders, and careful observation of adult tasks in apprenticeships.
		Niger has a vast repertoire of oral art, based on traditions of oral historians and smith-artisans, much of which has been transcribed and published by the national press through the support of artists and scholars connected to the University of Niamey.
	www.everyculture.com /Ma-Ni/Niger.html (5706 words)

	Niger, Africa - Travel Guide
		Niger is a landlocked country bordered in the north by Libya, Chad to the East, Nigeria in the south, Benin and Burkina Fasso in the southwest, Mali in the west and Algeria in the Northwest.
		Two-thirds of Niger is desert with much of the of the northeastern part of the country being uninhabitable.
		The Niger River flows for 300 miles along the south-west border, permitting the cultivation of various crops.
	www.africaguide.com /country/niger/index.htm (182 words)

	SOS Children's Villages - Country Information on Niger
		Generally speaking, Niger is remarkably hot, with average temperatures around 30°C, but capable of reaching over 50°C in some areas in the hot season between March and June.
		The rapid desertification of Niger is due to several factors: the devastating droughts of the 1970s, overgrazing, the scavenging of trees for firewood, and the pure quartz sands of the region that make planting and high yield crops (and subsequent anchoring of top soil) impossible.
		In 1946 Niger became an overseas territory, in 1958 it was granted the status of an autonomous republic within the French Union.
	www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/country_information_niger.html (1186 words)

	Niger Flag,Niger Map, Niger Culture : SphereInfo.com
		Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River.
		Niger borders seven countries on all sides and has a total of 5,697 kilometres (3,540 mi) of borders.
		Spread along the northern bank of the River Niger, Niamey is a sprawling city with a modern center and shanty towns on the outskirts.
	www.sphereinfo.com /niger (629 words)

	Niger, Africa Information
		Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was forced by public pressure to allow multiparty elections, which resulted in a democratic government in 1993.
		In 1999 BARE was killed in a coup by military officers who promptly restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year.
		Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base.
	www.africa.com /dmap/Niger/History (126 words)

	ICE Conflict Case NIGER
		In Niger alone, there are several diverse ethnic groups which live in three different climactic zones in Niger.
		The typical Fulani are nomads, but after many years of integration with other cultures, and the depletion of their herds to environmental conditions, they rely on farming for livelihood.
		Archeologists working in the Middle Niger region of West Africa have come across evidence of social clusters of communities that are grouped around Timbuktu, but were not an integrated community.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/ice/niger.htm (1891 words)

	An Introduction to Mali
		Mali, the largest country in West Africa, is bordered by seven other states: Algeria lies to the north and northeast, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso to the southeast and, with the Ivory Coast, to the south.
		Mali's single most important geographic feature is undoubtedly the great Niger River, which traverses both the Sahel and the southeastern section of the country.
		The Niger, like the Nile, is both a critical source of sustenance and a major transportation artery--and in this latter capacity it is an excellent venue for boat travel.
	www.geographia.com /mali (585 words)

	Oxfam - Niger: stories and case studies
		Hundreds of people from Tillaberi, in Niger, are struggling to survive beside rubbish tips in the capital, Niamey.
		In the Sahel region of West Africa, the current food crisis is pushing 12 centuries of nomadic culture to the brink of extinction.
		Yousseni is a farmer in Niger who has lost many of his animals due to the failure of the rains.
	www.oxfam.org.uk /what_we_do/where_we_work/niger/stories.htm (511 words)

	Child charity work, fundraising & volunteering UK with Save the Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Five year old Halidou rushes to meet the approaching land cruiser, his unbuttoned shirt revealing the badge of hunger - a distended belly that comes not from over eating but from having nothing worthwhile to eat.
		Niger is the first test to the resolve of the Gleneagles platitudes.
		There must be a meaningful commitment to end the subsistence culture and allow Niger’s people to stand on their own feet.
	www.savethechildren.org.uk /scuk/jsp/resources/details.jsp?id=3008&group=resources§ion=casestudy&subsection=details&pagelang=en (882 words)

	Niger Map Africa - Flag, Capital City, Rivers and Roads
		Niger Map Africa - Flag, Capital City, Rivers and Roads
		Tours, Travel Safari Tourism Map Niger, Africa continent.
		Capital city, rivers, maps of roads, main cities and flag.
	niger.africa-atlas.com (1218 words)

	Society and Culture :: Niger : Gourt
		The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance.
		Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to classify, codify and communicate their experiences symbolically.
		Ethnologue - Languages of Niger - Information about the living languages of the African country including population, region, classification, dialects and alternate names.
	regional.gourt.com /Africa/Niger/Society-and-Culture.html (288 words)

	cul010 Niger bans Islamic groups opposed to Fashion Festival
		Among the seven banned Islamic organisations are ADINI ISLAM, ARCI, and the Association of Muslim Students of the University of Niamey (AEMUN).
		For Niger, one of the world's poorest countries where 63 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, FIMA has provided an occasion to raise funds for the war against poverty.
		Receipts from a benefit concert organised November 9 for the gala opening were donated to Niger's National Programme for the War on Poverty.
	www.afrol.com /Categories/Culture/cul010_niamey_fashion.htm (863 words)

	Niger Culture
		Niger forms part of the vast Sahelian cultural region of western Africa.
		With the assistance of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, a regional centre for the collection of oral traditions has been established at Niamey.
		An institution prominent in cultural life is the National Museum at Niamey.
	www.traveldocs.com /ne/culture.htm (95 words)

	The World Press Review - African News - Gun Smuggling Nigeria
		The rise in the number of ethnic clashes in the Niger Delta has expanded the frontiers of the gun trade and sparked an increase in the number of gun owners.
		For many years, this trade in arms has fueled ethnic clashes between the Ijaws of the Niger Delta and their neighbors, the Urhobos, as well as between the Urhobos and their western neighbors the Itsekiris.
		Urhobo Waado presents a collection of resources on the Urhobo, their culture, their history, the Niger Delta, and the current conflict in the Niger Delta.
	www.worldpress.org /cover7.htm (648 words)

	ATCC: Fungi, Yeasts, & Yeast Genetic Stock Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Before submitting an order you will be asked to read and accept the terms and conditions of ATCC's Material Transfer Agreement or, in certain cases, an MTA specified by the depositing institution.
		Biotransformation of dopamine to norlaudanosoline by Aspergillus niger.
		Cultures that are ordered as test tubes or flasks will carry an additional laboratory fee.
	www.atcc.org /common/catalog/numSearch/numResults.cfm?atccNum=10864 (433 words)

	CULTURE-NIGER: Archaeological Treasures May Soon Become a Thing of the Past
		The threat which archaeological theft poses to Niger’s heritage was thrown into sharp relief last month, when customs officials at Roissy Airport in Paris intercepted the illegal shipment of about 850 artifacts from Niger.
		At the national level here, Niger’s government filed a complaint with the criminal investigation unit to extradite the trafficker to Niger to be prosecuted," says Ali Bida, the official in charge of museums and the preservation of Niger’s heritage.
		In the face of threats to Niger’s heritage, archaeologists are trying to educate communities about the importance of safeguarding artefacts to educate children about their country’s history — and to maintain the tourist trade.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/interna.asp?idnews=27376 (991 words)

	Nigeria: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad.
		The lower course of the Niger River flows south through the western part of the country into the Gulf of Guinea.
		The desperately impoverished local residents of the delta have seen little benefit from Nigeria's vast oil riches, and rebel groups are fighting for a more equal distribution of the wealth as well as greater regional autonomy.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107847.html (1341 words)

	Niger - Republic of Niger - Country Profile - Western Africa
		Despite the fact that the country has some of the world's largest uranium deposits, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, a landlocked Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops and livestock.
		Niger suffered austere military rule for much of its post-independence history.
		Discover Niger, one of the hottest countries in the world: Niamey, Agadez, Sahel, Mont Bagzane, Aïr Massif, Timia Oasis, Ténéré Dunes, River Niger.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/niger.htm (810 words)

	Niamey International Development Program
		The program combines the study of development, language and society in the Sahel region of West Africa with individual community service placements that examine Niger’s culture and ongoing development efforts.
		Following orientation, all students enroll in a core course on either Nigerien cultural and social issues or international development, and a fieldwork course, and two elective courses covering some aspect of Nigerien society, African culture, or language.
		Students may enroll in the Niger program for the fall or spring semesters or for the academic year.
	www.bu.edu /abroad/programs/niger/niamey/niamey_lla (293 words)

	Friends of Niger: RPCV Works
		Hale (Niger ‘64-66) went back to Niger in 1980 on a Fulbright senior lectureship to teach African and American literature at the University of Niamey.
		While back in Niger, he conducted the research which led to four books, including The Epic of Askia Mohammed and Oral Epics from Africa.
		A novel built around the work of daughter Kathleen (85-87) who was a nutrition PCV in Niger.
	www.friendsofniger.org /features/RPCV_works (368 words)

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