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- beliefs of the Tallensi and Ashanti people in Ghana. He was influential in ... Meyer Fortes was born on April 25, 1906, in Britstown, Cape Province ...8 KB (1,055 words) - 07:43, 31 May 2025
- The Oyo Empire was a large West African empire founded in approximately ... which became a protectorate of Great Britain in 1888, was due to internal strife ...14 KB (2,175 words) - 01:53, 14 September 2025
- of yams found around the world, most of them in the tropics. Some species of ... In addition to addressing the physical needs of people—offering ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 19:48, 26 November 2022
- Saint-Louis, or Ndar as it is called in Wolof (the most widely spoken ... a population officially estimated at 176,000 in 2005. Founded in 1659, Saint ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- The Hausa are a Sahelian people chiefly located in the West African ... In the twelfth century, the Hausa were a major African power. Seven ...14 KB (1,963 words) - 16:58, 17 May 2025
- family Liliaceae. The term also is used in reference to the flowers of ... they provide a value for human beings in terms of their prized aesthetic ...14 KB (2,216 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- The Bandiagara Escarpment is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country ... In 1989 UNESCO listed the Bandiagara Escarpment as a World Heritage ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- of hand. The practice occurs most commonly in India, though other Asian nations ... evil, even the devil or Satan. The snake, in the great monotheistic traditions ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 21:41, 30 January 2023
- symbolizes the victory of good over evil. In North India, Diwali marks the ... Hindu month of Ashwayuja. It usually occurs in October/November, and is one ...17 KB (2,633 words) - 15:51, 29 January 2024
- Angola, is on the west coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest ... In 1482, when the Portuguese first landed in what is now northern ...21 KB (2,876 words) - 00:27, 16 November 2025
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... own coins by the third century, converting in the fourth century to Christianity ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- capital.) It is also the most populated city in French-speaking Western Africa ... him the name of the nearest village. Fleeing in terror, the old man shouted: ...16 KB (2,266 words) - 16:38, 6 February 2026
- Kwanzaa is a week-long annual celebration held in the United States ... Kwanzaa was created by Maulana Karenga and was first celebrated in ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 21:10, 7 March 2025
- note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal or chest ... In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- city of Barbados. Established by the British in 1628, a major portion of the ... to various issues, such as fluctuations in tourist seasons. The government ...20 KB (2,790 words) - 23:06, 20 November 2023
- ), usually called the Berlinale, is a film festival held annually ... The festival began at the beginning of the Cold War, in the city of ...34 KB (4,808 words) - 11:03, 28 September 2023
- transliterated: Khalyj al-'Aqabah), in Israel known as the Gulf of ... and Israel, there was little development in the Gulf's region due ...15 KB (2,306 words) - 08:25, 8 January 2024
- The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are one of the largest ... While Yoruba can be found throughout the entirety of West Africa, ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- weSwatini), or the Kingdom of eSwatini, in southern Africa, is one of ... referred to as the "Switzerland of Africa," the country has magnificent ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically ... After World War II the name of the holiday was changed to Veterans ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
