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West Africa
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Scope note
Designates the region of Africa comprising Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Broader terms
Subsaharan Africa
Narrower terms
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Chad
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Related terms
French West Africa
Sahel
West African polities
Subject category
01.02.01 AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND REGIONS
Indexing history
In the case of publications indexed before 2006, West Africa did not include Cameroon and Chad.
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