It covers an area of 923769 km2, and with a population of over 218 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world’s seventh-most populous country.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara.
Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.
West Africa
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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, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).
Mali
6 linksLandlocked country in West Africa.
Landlocked country in West Africa.
Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over 1240000 sqkm.
The Songhai people originated in current northwestern Nigeria.
African Union
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The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.
A number of AU member states led by Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Rwanda requested that the AU recognise the NTC as Libya's interim governing authority, and several other AU member states have recognised the NTC regardless of the Peace and Security Council's decision.
Sahel
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The Sahel (ساحل sāḥil, "coast, shore") is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south.
The Sahel part of Africa includes from west to east parts of northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, the extreme south of Algeria, Niger and Egypt, the extreme north of Nigeria, Cameroon and Central African Republic, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, the extreme north of South Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Yoruba people
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The Yoruba people (Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabits parts of Nigeria, Benin and Togo.
The Yorubas constitute more than 47 million people in Africa, are a few hundred thousand outside the continent, and bear further representation among members of the African diaspora.
Ghana
4 linksCountry in West Africa.
Country in West Africa.
With over 31 million people, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria.
Ghana is the leader in the adoption of digital financial services in Africa and set to increase financial inclusion to more than 85% until 2024.
Angola
3 linksCountry in Central Africa, sometimes considered part of Southern Africa due to its location.
Country in Central Africa, sometimes considered part of Southern Africa due to its location.
It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in both total area and population (behind Brazil in both cases), and is the seventh-largest country in Africa.
They were displaced by Bantu peoples arriving from the north in the first millennium BC, most of whom likely originated in what is today northwestern Nigeria and southern Niger.
Slavery in Africa
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Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa.
Sacrifices were common in the Benin Empire, in what is now Ghana, and in the small independent states in what is now southern Nigeria.
Chad
2 linksLandlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa.
Landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa.
It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the south-west, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west.
Chad is a large landlocked country spanning north-central Africa.