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	West Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		western Africa that is generally considered to include the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
		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.
		Following the 1591 destruction of the Songhai capital by Moroccan invaders, a number of smaller states arose across West Africa, including the Bambara Empire of Ségou, the Bambara kingdom of Kaarta, the Peul/Malinké kingdom of Khasso, and the Kénédougou Empire of Sikasso.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Africa (1119 words)

	Western Sahara
		The Western Sahara, given its name in 1975 by the United Nations, is the last African colonial state still to declare its independence.
		The Western Sahara's map borders are a result of colonial agreements made between France, Spain and Morocco in 1900, 1904 and 1912.
		The Western Sahara, located on the north west coast of Africa borders Morocco to the north, Algeria to the east and Mauritania to the south.
	us-africa.tripod.com /sahara.html (623 words)

	Western North Africa, 8000-2000 B.C. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Between 8000 and 2000 B.C., western North Africa moves from isolation to connection with the peoples of the Mediterranean and western Europe.
		Among the materials that come to western North Africa from abroad are obsidian blades from the Lipari Islands near Sicily.
		Named for the distinctively shaped ceramics found in graves, the Beaker culture is associated with the emergence of a warrior mentality and the growth of individualism.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/02/afw/ht02afw.htm (332 words)

	Geology (from Western Africa) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Western Africa is underlain by crystalline rocks that outcrop over about 55 percent of the subcontinent, elsewhere being buried under sedimentary rocks.
		It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across the entire width of Africa, and the coastal region, or Guinea Coast.
		Remarks on the colonization of the western coast of Africa, by the free negroes of the United States, and the consequent civilization of Africa and suppression of the slave trade.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-55371?tocId=55371 (857 words)

	Western North African Christianity: A History of the Christian Church in Western North Africa
		Christianity in Western North Africa was predominantly urban, since its evangelists were Latin speakers who for various reasons had come to North Africa from Rome or other parts of the Roman empire, though the church also grew rapidly in the frontier regions of Numidia where there were fewer Romans and more people of Phonecian ancestry.
		Certain of the more rigorous of the North African churchmen, especially from Numidia, refused to recognize the sacramental credentials of priests who had been ordained by bishops who had returned to the Christian church after having denied their faith under the pressures of persecution, especially the persecution under Diocletian, which was well within living memory.
		North Africa was clearly western in its orientation, while Byzantium was the center of the eastern church.
	www.bethel.edu /~letnie/AfricanChristianity/WesternNorthAfricaHomepage.html (874 words)

	Destinations: West Africa \| CDC Travelers' Health
		Malaria: your risk of malaria may be high in all countries in West Africa, including cities.
		All travelers to West Africa, including infants, children, and former residents of West Africa, may be at risk for malaria.
		Most travelers to West Africa, including infants, children, and former residents of West Africa, are at risk for malaria.
	www.cdc.gov /travel/wafrica.htm (1713 words)

	ipedia.com: West Africa Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The continent of Africa is principally oriented on a north-south axis, with a bulge to the west, and it is this bulge w...
		The continent of Africa is principally oriented on a north-south axis, with a bulge to the west, and it is this bulge which may be considered West Africa.
		The coast of this area of Africa is on the south Atlantic Ocean, much of it trending east-west.
	www.ipedia.com /west_africa.html (751 words)

	Pumping Iron Into Western Africa's Corn
		Iron deficiency anemia is endemic throughout western Africa.
		"People in many areas of western Africa are eating maize that is not as nutritious as other varieties because it has low levels of available iron that the body can absorb during digestion," says the project's leader, Ithaca-based ARS human physiologist Raymond P. Glahn.
		Oikeh adds that maize was chosen for the project because per capita consumption of the crop in western Africa is 66 to 216 pounds a year.
	www.ars.usda.gov /is/AR/archive/apr03/iron0403.htm (956 words)

	afrol News editorial - The failure of decolonisation in north-western Africa
		If the decolonisation process in southern Africa had ended as it has in north-western Africa, a map over the area would have looked rather ridiculous: The Cape would be a British crown colony in accordance with its thus white majority of inhabitants.
		Examples of this could be found all over Africa; in the thus French towns of Senegal and Algeria, in the commercial farm areas of Zimbabwe and Kenya, etc. One just has to find the right entity - small or big - and there would be a historic claim to deny decolonisation.
		The rest of Africa and the world have accepted the concept of decolonising entire territories and thus the establishment of ethnic minorities, which are to be given special rights.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/mor020_editorial_decol.htm (1245 words)

	West Africa on the Internet
		Has a searchable Press Freedom database of attacks on the press in Africa and elsewhere, documented by CPJ since 1993.
		Has a journal citation database, HORIZON, photo images in their INDIGO database, a database of the map library holdings (maps from the early 1900s), database of mosquito viruses, a database of fish, the Observatoire de la Pêche dans le Delta Intérieur du Niger (Mali).
		Projects include manuscript preservation in Mali and the African diaspora in North Africa and the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/westaf.html (2120 words)

	Western North Africa: Donatism
		The Donatists were a schismatic sect of especially rigorous Christians in North Africa from the fourth to the seventh centuries.
		Donatism was essentially a response to alternating periods of persecution followed by toleration, culminating in the beginning of the fourth century by the formal legalization of Christianity by Constantine.
		Though Donatism did flourish again in the sixth century, the entire North African Church was weakened and compromised by the internecine fighting, and proved unable to withstand the attractions of Islam in the seventh century, when the Christian church disappeared entirely from western North Africa.
	www.bethel.edu /~letnie/AfricanChristianity/WNADonatism.html (1031 words)

	RNIS 42 - Western Africa
		They, jointly with the peace- keeping forces, have subsequently deployed in western Ivory Coast to create a weapons-free zone of confidence, and disarm or expel armed Liberian elements from the area (UN SC, 08/08/03).
		Following the creation of a "weapons-free zone of confidence" in western Ivory Coast, the population which had been displaced by heavy fighting in the area has begun to return home, especially in June 2003.
		The humanitarian situation in western Ivory Coast is reported to be dire.
	www.unsystem.org /scn/archives/rnis42/westafrica.htm (1558 words)

	Africa Lodging Centre
		Africa, the second largest of the earth's seven continents, covering about 30,330,000 sq km (about 11,699,000 sq mi), including its adjacent islands.
		Benin, (12) - republic in western Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea.
		Djibouti, (48) - republic in northeastern Africa, formerly French Territory of the Afars and the Issas.
	www.afroyonda.info (705 words)

	western africa - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Western ethnocentric arrogance...civilizations--indigenous African, Islamic, and Western civilizational traditions...and the legacy of the Western impact.
		Africa Blends the Wonders of Journalism and Travelling...myself a fortnight to travel the length and breadth of South Africa, from the east to the west, from the mountains to the coast...Drakensburg Mountains and the incomparable wildlife.
		South Africa Police No Help after My Sons...Byline: By DARREN DEVINE Western Mail The mother of a Welsh...stabbed to death in his South African home says she is being kept...to Port Elizabeth in South Africa 21 years ago while working...
	www.questia.com /search/western-africa (1729 words)

	Internet African History Sourcebook
		Africa is both the most clearly defined of continents - in its geography - and the hardest to pin down in historical terms.
		Map of North Africa in which figures the Atlas Mountains, the king of Mali (Mansa Musa), the king of Organa, the king of Nubia, the king of Bablyon, and the Red Sea.
		An Orthodox mission society based in South Africa, whose aim is to encourage Orthodox Christians to participate in the global mission of the Church.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/africa/africasbook.html (4137 words)

	HIST E434 2578 History of Western Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		E434 2578 History of Western Africa 2:30-3:45 TR BH333 Brooks A portion of the above section reserved for majors.
		The second part of the course discusses the consequences of European trade along the coast and rivers of western Africa; reciprocities between African "landlords" and European "strangers"; the Cape Verde-archipelago western Africa nexus; and the spread of Islam and the founding of theocratic states.
		The last part of the course covers European conquest and colonial rule; the integration of western Africa into the world-economy; European social and cultural influences; independence movements; and contemporary inter-state and international relationships.
	www.indiana.edu /~deanfac/blspr97/hist/hist_e434_2578.html (182 words)

	british imperialism in western africa and other africa related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Others, however, argue that British Imperialism in Africa is a result of greed and economic...
		Western imperialism produced various reactions in Africa and Asia.
		Africa Imperialism and Colonialism in Africa Scramble for...
	www.nethorde.com /africa/british-imperialism-in-western-africa.html (245 words)

	env019 Mangroves of Western Africa threatened by global warming
		From the Saloum delta in Senegal, through The Gambia, the Casamance, Guinea-Bissau and the coasts of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the whole zone is characterized by its mangrove coast and broad belt of coastal lowlands.
		For Western African countries, poor of lions and elephants, this is a major resource when it comes to eco-tourism.
		The mangroves are especially noted for their rare and threatened marine mammals, a large range of water birds, crabs and mangrove trees with air roots.
	www.afrol.com /Categories/Environment/env019_mangroves_threatened.htm (1142 words)

	Eurafricans in Western Africa Review
		In doing so, the book traces the establishment of the Portuguese in Western Africa, including the subsequent development of Luso-African cross cultural brokers and communities, and then both the French and English challenge to Portuguese trade.
		It is in his integration of women into this changing environment that Brook's work greatly contributes to our understanding of Western Africa during the period of the transatlantic slave trade.
		Brooks' work is a thorough examination of the changes occurring within Western Africa during the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the development and importance of the local Eurafrican community.
	www.ohiou.edu /oupress/eurafrev2.HTM (1139 words)

	Africa Map - ZoomSchool.com
		Africa: Africa is the second-largest of the seven continents on Earth (Asia is the largest continent).
		Africa is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, the Indian Ocean on the east, the Mediterranean Sea on the north, and the Red Sea on the northeast.
		The lowest pont in Africa is Lake Assal, in Djibouti (in eastern Africa near the Horn of Africa); it is 512 feet (156 meters) below sea level.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /school/Africa/Africamap.shtml (613 words)

	history of western Africa -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Three centuries earlier, the Arabs had completed their conquest of Africa north of the Sahara and so came into possession of the northern termini of trade routes reaching across the desert to western Africa.
		More results on "history of western Africa" when you join.
		The strait's western extreme is 27 miles (43 km) wide between the capes of Trafalgar (north) and Spartel (south), and...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9110769 (698 words)

	World Bank - Documents & Reports - Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Africa - West Africa Power Pool Project : environmental assessment Vol.
		Africa Region - (West) Africa Emergency Locust Project Vol.
		Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism : regional videoconference of Central and West Africa Region, (BCEAO, BEAC, Angola, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda) Vol.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDS_IBank_Servlet?rc=517197&psz=20&ptype=advSrch&pcont=results (341 words)

	Chron.com \| Corrupt influence in West Africa by Big Oil alleged
		But any such payments "must also be sanctioned by higher management in Houston," Albert Marchetti, the company's vice president for international and federal relations, told the panel.
		Steven Guidry, leader of Marathon's Central Africa Business Unit, argued that his company's presence in the country "goes a great distance toward improving conditions.
		Corruption and financial transparency have become major issues for the oil industry as it plows billions of dollars into areas like West Africa, a region impoverished and still largely unused to the rule of law.
	www.chron.com /cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2684411 (731 words)

	UN urges continued vigilance of locust threat to western Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In North-West Africa, Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania continued intensive control operations against immature swarms during December while late forming swarms from summer breeding in the Sahel reinvaded parts of southeastern Mauritania and eastern Senegal, the agency noted.
		About 880,000 hectares were treated from the air and on the ground in West and North-West Africa during December, compared to 2.2 million in November.
		Food insecurity in Africa’s Sahel region to be addressed at UN meeting in Dakar
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12982&Cr=locust&Cr1= (290 words)

	Amazon.com -zShops: The Cichlid Fishes of Western Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The beloved species of West and Central Africa, from Senegal to the Congo, are discussed, as are species from the most northern and southwestern continental extremes.
		In addition to the better-known and often kept species, several species that have never been featured in a book before are discussed within; additionally, several currently undescribed species are included.
		This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource currently available to scientists and aquarists interested in the cichlids of Western Africa.
	s1.amazon.com /exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y04Y4133151Y9378388 (399 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Western Sahara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal.
		Western Sahara depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population.
		Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, whose sovereignty remains unresolved - UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, administered by the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/wi.html (516 words)

	Club Afrika - News and Information From Western Africa. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		West African leaders recognise Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as Liberia's president-elect, even as election officials probed vote-rigging allegations from her rival, George Weah, a soccer star.
		Moeletsi Mbeki, the chairperson of the SA Institute for International Affairs, says fl economic empowerment (BEE) is a huge failure and the process should be abolished.
		After 18 years at the helm of Burkina Faso, President Blaise Compaore has won a new five-year term, garnering a massive 80.3 percent of the vote in the country’s first multiparty presidential race.Releasing the results of the 13 November poll, the head of the Independent National Election Commission, Moussa Michel...
	www.clubafrika.com /africannews/westafrica.php (836 words)

	Eurafricans in Western Africa - History of Western Africa
		Professor George E. Brooks’s outstanding history of these vital aspects of western Africa is enriched by his discussion of the roles of the women who married or cohabited with European traders.
		Through accounts of incidents and personal histories, which are integrated into the narrative, the lives of these women and their children are accorded a prominent place in Professor Brooks’s fascinating discussion of this dynamic region of Africa.
		A professor of history at Indiana University in Bloomington, George E. Brooks is the author of Landlords and Strangers: Ecology, Society, and Trade in Western Africa, 1000–1630, and numerous studies in African and world history.
	www.ohiou.edu /oupress/EURAFRICANS.HTM (256 words)

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