X-Nico

unusual facts about Western Africa



Karamogo

The Karamogo were the scholar class among the peaceful Dyula traders of Western Africa, of which Al-Hajj Salim Suwari was a prominent member.


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Berbérati

In 1911 it was ceded to German Empire under the terms of the Morocco–Congo Treaty and Treaty of Fez, becoming part of the German colony of Neukamerun, until it was reconquered by the French in 1916 following the defeat of German forces in western Africa during World War I.

Caio Koch-Weser

He served as Personal Assistant to the President of the Bank Robert McNamara (1977–1980), Division Chief for China (1980–1986) and Director of Western Africa Department (1986–1990).

Gabin Dabiré

In 1979 his collection of ethnic music of Western Africa was published by the cultural association and music group Futuro Antico, which he co-founded with Walter Maioli and Riccardo Sinigaglia.

Green mamba

Western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis), an arboreal snake found in the southern part of Western Africa

Halobatrachus didactylus

Halobatrachus didactylus, the Lusitanian toadfish (Gripau (Catalan, Charroco, Encharroco, Xarroco (Portuguese), Pez sapo (Spanish)), is a species of toadfish found along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of western Europe and western Africa.

Korina

Terminalia superba, also known as Korina in the US, a large tree native to tropical western Africa.

Loango National Park

It protects diverse coastal habitat, including part of the 220 km² Iguéla Lagoon, the only significant example of a typical western African lagoon system that is protected within a national park.

Oreochromis aureus

Oreochromis aureus is native to Northern and Western Africa, and the Middle East, from the Senegal, Niger, Benue and lower Nile rivers in Africa to the Jordan River in the Middle East.

S. maritima

Spartina maritima, the small cordgrass, a cordgrass species native to the coasts of western and southern Europe and western Africa

Stigmaphyllon

One species (S. bannisterioides) is also found in seashore vegetation along the Atlantic Coast from southern Mexico to northern Brazil, in the West Indies, and along the coast of western Africa (Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone).

Students without Borders: Afrique 2007

Since then, the students have partnered themselves with the community of M'Bour, Thiès Senegal in Western Africa and are currently working on a variety of programs there related to the three pillars of the project: Health, Education and Microeconomy.

T. superba

Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, afara or korina, a large tree species native to tropical western Africa

Wild mango

Irvingia gabonensis, a large tree native to western Africa, in the Irvingiaceae family

Wilhelm Junker

After a series of short journeys to Iceland (1869), Western Africa (1873), Tunis (1874) and Lower Egypt (1875), he remained almost continuously in eastern Equatorial Africa from 1875 to 1886, making first Khartoum and afterwards Lado the base of his expeditions.