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In Africa, there are 91 cultural, 50 natural, and 6 mixed sites. [1] Several efforts have been devoted to increasing the number of sites and preserving the heritage of existing sites on the continent; for example, on 5 May 2006, the African World Heritage Fund was launched by UNESCO to target the region of Sub-Saharan Africa. It planned to ...
Page dedicated to archaeological sites in West Africa (as opposed to the study of West African Archaeology itself). West Africa is as defined by the UN (Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, and any other islands off the coast).
Archaeological Sites in the region of West Africa organized by country. West Africa is defined as is by the UN (Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, and any other islands off the coast). As of now, certain countries lack ...
In the 17th century, the French founded a trading hub there, which later served as the capital of Senegal (from 1872 to 1957) and was an important economic and cultural centre of French West Africa. The city follows a grid plan and the houses are built in a consistent colonial style. There are numerous quays along the shore.
Pointe des Almadies or Point Almadies ([pwɑ̃t dez‿almadi] "bark canoe point") [1] is the westernmost point on the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasian landmass, lying at 17.5 degrees west of the Greenwich meridian, 8 degrees further west than Cabo da Roca, mainland Europe's westernmost point. [2]
A common theme in traditional African architecture is the use of fractal scaling: small parts of the structure tend to look similar to larger parts, such as a circular village made of circular houses. [1] African architecture in some areas has been influenced by external cultures for centuries, according to available evidence.
Zuma Rock is a large natural monolith, or inselberg, an igneous intrusion composed of gabbro and granodiorite, located in Madalla, a town in Niger State, Nigeria. [1] It is situated in the west of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, along the main road from Abuja to Kaduna, off Madalla, and is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to Abuja from Suleja". [2]
This is the largest protected area in Africa, covering some 7.7 million ha, though the area considered a protected sanctuary constitutes only one-sixth of the total area. It includes the volcanic rock mass of the Aïr, a small Sahelian pocket, isolated as regards its climate and flora and fauna, and situated in the Saharan desert of Ténéré.