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Topic: Northern Region Ghana


  
  West Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The northern border is the Sahara Desert, with the Niger Bend generally considered the northernmost part of the region.
The northern section of West Africa is composed of semi-arid terrain known as Sahel, a transitional zone between the Sahara desert and the savannahs of the western Sudan to the south.
Islam is the predominant religion of the West African interior and the far west coast of the continent; Christianity is the predominant religion in coastal regions of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire; and elements of indigenous religions (see Voodoo) are practised throughout.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Africa   (1422 words)

  
 Togo - POLITICAL BACKGROUND, PERSONAL BACKGROUND, RISE TO POWER, LEADERSHIP, DOMESTIC POLICY
Situated along a narrow north-south axis, Togo stretches across several ecological zones.
It includes 50 km (31 mi) of Atlantic coastline on the Gulf of Benin, a zone of tropical rain forest, and a northern region comprised of semi-arid savannah.
Ghana borders Togo to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Benin to the east.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /World-Leaders-2003/Togo.html   (382 words)

  
 GHANA: Why is the north blighted by chieftaincy disputes? Liberian Online - Liberia Portal
Most notable is the unresolved Dagbon conflict that erupted in 2002 in the northern town of Yendi when the paramount chief of the Dagbon ethnic group was murdered along with 40 of his followers.
Remember, Ghana is moving towards the 2008 general elections and if things are not handled well, that in my view can be enough for a further escalation of the violence.
I hope that the circumstances on the ground will compel the northern regional house of chiefs to move more expediently rather than to wait till March to issue their ruling.
www.liberianonline.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=845   (1909 words)

  
 West African Percussive Terminology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A West African predecessor of the xylophone made with strips of wood, increasing in length, connected together with thread and hollow gourds of varying sizes attached to the bottom to achieve a greater tonal range.
An ethnic group currently residing in the northern region of Ghana.
Upon their ninth century A.D. migration to an area in the Mali Empire, the Malinke had contact with an ethnic group of tradespeoples, the Diulas, who probably helped spread the use of the djembe.
people.ucsc.edu /~bobbaq/pidicxry.htm   (2310 words)

  
 Prayer Requests
Ghana is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea.
Ghana is an agricultural country; 59% of the population is employed in agriculture.
Medical work in northern Ghana had begun using a mobile clinic unit; years of praying and planning culminated in 1958 when Baptist Medical Centre (BMC) was fully opened.
www.palmpage.com /bmc/overview.htm   (8250 words)

  
 AHawkins_research
Hawkins, A. "A Model for Aterian Usage of Dakhleh Oasis and the Surrounding Region." In Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle Stone Age.
Hawkins, A., Casey, J., Godfrey-Smith, D. and D'Andrea, A. "A Middle Stone Age Component at the Birimi Site, Northern Region, Ghana." Nyame Akuma 46: 34-36.
Submitted to the Ministry of Culture and to the Ontario Heritage Foundation.
www.laurentienne.ca /anthro/ahawkins_research.htm   (419 words)

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