Niger is mostly covered by deserts, hills, and sand due to the Sahara Desert and Sahel located within its borders. It is typically split into three regions. In the North, it is a desert region that contains the Sahara. In the middle, the area is semi-arid region due to the Sahel. In the southwest, there is a small fertile area (SOS Children, n.d.). Because of its size and location, Niger is bordered by seven countries. The country gets its name from the Niger River, the countries lowest point. Because
Niger is located in Western Africa, between Sahel and the Sahara. Since the Sahara covers sixty-six percent of the country, Niger is one of the driest countries in the world. On the hottest months, from March to June, temperatures can reach up to 122 Fahrenheit. On the other hand, during the night time temperature can drastically drop to below freezing levels. Miles of sand dunes cover northern Niger, but vegetation is almost non-existent. The famous air mountains are located in central Niger. They
Niger, home of the free flowing Niger River, is a Sub-Saharan, western African nation. Sadly, it is an extremely poor country because part of the country is desert and less than 3% open for crop use. The present economic situation is bleak at best. Yet, the vibrant tradition and history of this country lives today in its tribes and its people even through all of its adversities. From severe droughts to military coups to a dysfunctional government to the culture has stayed strong. Niger has few
With Niger's open plains, free space, and rich natural minerals, it is unsurprising that the French chose Niger to assimilate at the start of the twentieth century. Niger is a dry, arid country in West Africa's Sahara region with a population of 17,466,172 people, 63rd in population size worldwide (Central Intelligence Agency). It is about 1.267 square kilometers, close to the size of Texas. The large country has a vast, sprawling landscape, filled mainly with desert plains and dusty sand dunes.
changing climate. For example, Lake Chad is one of West Africa's well known features. Lake Chad is one of Africa's largest freshwater lake, and is know for its shrinking over time in size. Some other rivers located in this region include the Senegal, Niger, Volta, and the Benue river. Oceans surrounding this region include the Atlantic Ocean which is south of this region. The two types of coasts in this region include a low,muddy coast, which is found around a major river delta, and other coasts in which
The book I read, Splinters in an African Log, was about Martha wall. She was a medical missionary to Africa in the 1930’s. She was a single female missionary in a time when the cultural norm was that a woman 's place was in the home not on the mission field. While attending Tabor College to get her nursing degree Martha felt God tugging at her heart about the need for medical missionaries in French West Africa. Leprosy was a rampant wild fire in the country of Africa and the need for nurses on the
West African Kingdoms It is generally accepted by scholars and scientists today that Africa is the original home of man. One of the most tragic misconceptions of historical thought has been the belief that Black Africa had no history before European colonization. Whites foster the image of Africa as a barbarous and savage continent torn by tribal warfare for centuries. It was a common assumption of nineteenth-century European and American Whites - promoted by the deliberate cultivation of pseudoscientific
land called Azwad. The Tuaregs broke the truce and resumed fighting a year later. Mali suffered from rebellions, drought, and 23 years of military rule until 1992. Mali in general is a very barren country (Review). Mali owes its livelihood to the Niger River and can sustain itself by growing its own crops due to the fertile basin. Growing cotton is one of the country’s biggest exports. With a foreign trade deficit, Mali still does not have the ability to sustain itself. It still receives foreign
perpendicularly about 415 miles inland from the Gulf of Guinea – a part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean (World Book). The country is bounded by the Republic of Togo on the West and the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the East. Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger border Benin on the North. Including both land area and water area, the country is 112,622 square kilometers, which is slightly larger than Tennessee but slightly smaller than Pennsylvania (CIA). The official capital is Porto Novo. However, the nation’s
Thomas Heesch Period 1 Mr. Holmes May 14th 2014 Benin When it comes to the country of Benin there may be some doubts and some incentives about building a manufacturing plant to produce consumer goods inside the country. Although there is some positives in the country of Benin, I do not think we should set up a manufacturing plant here. If there were to be a manufacturing plant here it would create more jobs and also become successful depending on the goods that it produces. Benin’s economics are
Africa is the second-largest and most tropical continent in the world. Africa is a continent that has been broken down into many countries. Due to the large amount of countries established in Africa it causes this continent to be very diverse within peoples skin color, religion, and language. Throughout this paper, I will be focusing exclusively on the similarities that are found amongst the Maasai and Tuareg people. In the books, The World of a Maasai by Tepilit Ole Saitoti and A Nomad in Two Worlds
responsibility to use their power to be a positive role model and to lead the youth towards a positive identity. Nigeria is located on the west coast of Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, and between Benin and Cameroon. Nigeria was named after the Niger River that runs straight through it. It is sometimes referred to as the "the Giant of Africa", because of its large population and economy (CIA, 2014). Nigeria was at first colonized by the British. It gained its independence on October 1, 1960 and
Droughts in Chad In our world, we are faced with many severe phenomenons. In the continent of Africa, droughts are one of the many phenomenons that have been acknowledged. An African country like, Chad, located east of Niger and southwest of Egypt, is a old victim of this phenomenon The Sahel regions, consisting of countries like Chad, Mauritania, Mali, etc…, face droughts regularly. Half of the country is in the Saharan Desert, while the other half, in the Sahel region. Its regular scarcity of
Dogon is a big tribe in Mali although their origin is unknown, but according to their own oral literature the Dogon are the ancestors of ancient Egyptians, who migrated from their actual settlement area in Ghana to the cliffs of Bandiagara along River Niger, to escape from the “Arab Muslim conquest” to Mali, in the 11th and 15th centuries. The Dog... ... middle of paper ... ...sformation, McGraw-hill, p 87, 252,254) BEIERLE, J. 1996, "Dogon” Encyclopaedia of World Cultures. Retrieved September 20
southwestern part of Nigeria, but there are smaller, scattered groups of people living in parts of Benin and northern Togo. Currently, there are more than 20 million Yoruba people, but overall they speak a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. There are 900 languages of the Benue-Congo Branch that are further divided up into 11 unequal groups, but the first 10 of the 11 groups ar spoken almost entirely within Nigeria. Yoruba falls under the Defoid language cluster
Nigeria is an oil-rich state located in the eastern part of African. Since gaining independence in 1960, it has faced numerous regime changes. These fluctuations in stable governance have both positively and negatively affected the livelihood of the Nigerian people. The struggle for power has been a toss-up between civilian governments and militaristic dictators, each fighting to gain control of the lucrative oil reserves. As the military seeks to rid corruption from the ruling body, it has brought
The Tuareg people are a historically nomadic ethnic group who have populations throughout Mali, Algeria, Libya, Niger, and Burkina Faso. In the past year the Tuareg’s strides for a state of their own has attracted the notice of the international community, particularly their strides in Mali. This conflict has involved many players from the international community and does not seem to have an end in sight. Unrest has plagued Mali for quite some time, this nation has had a series of coups and ousted
1.1 Statement of the Problem The problems of formal health services and the challenges in sub-Saharan Africa have been widely documented. Findings from other current studies reveal a myriad of failures in the supply and demand side of health services. Access to formal services is also impinged by distance and financial factors; service quality is extremely very poor and is highly characterized by drug and staff shortages, lack of political commitment, poor infrastructure and negligence among health
Ice and sand is an eye opening video about just what the title states: ice and sand. It talks about the polar ice caps and the affects of green house gasses to the environment. This movie talks about what would happen if the ice sheets in the north and South Pole melt, and how weather systems are changeable. It talks about the sands in the Sahara and how they blow all the way to Paris, it also states that it is largest dessert in the world. This movie is very informative about “Ice and Sand”. In
Throughout the ethnography, “Feeding Desire” written by Rebecca Popenoe, we see one consistent theme that is brought up time and time again – women and the fattening of them to obtain a desired look. From the perspective of a Western third party, the idea of fattening to appear beautiful/appealing seems ridiculous. It simply makes little sense because fattening, is incredibly unhealthy, something that is recognized in Western culture and at the same time we prefer women to be as fit as possible