The history of West Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the Iron Age in Africa, the period of major polities flourishing, the colonial period...
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West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso...
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history of West Africa is composed of West African populations that were considerably mobile and interacted with one another throughout the history of...
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ago. In the 4th millenium BC written history arose in Ancient Egypt, and later in Nubia's Kush, the Horn of Africa's Dʿmt, and the Maghreb's and Ifrikiya's...
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French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal...
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genetic history of West Africa encompasses the genetic history of the people of West Africa. The Sahara served as a trans-regional passageway and place of dwelling...
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West African cuisine encompasses a diverse range of foods that are split between its 16 countries. In West Africa, many families grow and raise their...
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British West Africa was the collective name for British settlements in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense...
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genetic histories of North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa, as well as the recent origin of modern humans in Africa. The...
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German West Africa (Deutsch-Westafrika) was an informal designation for the areas in West Africa that were part of the German Colonial Empire between...
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