Search results for "Portuguese-speaking African countries" - New World Encyclopedia
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- It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in both total ... which began with the purchase from African chiefs of people to work ...17 KB (2,316 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent ... Africa that includes the following countries, as well as those found ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- often a loaded word in English-speaking countries and may be considered offensive ... later, advocates of equal rights for African Americans—of secretly ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- as Middle Africa, defines a portion of the African continent south of the Sahara ... *Central African Republic *Chad *Democratic Republic of the Congo ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- subsequently became a trading center for African slaves. The Cape Verde islands ... live in the United States and other countries than on the islands themselves ...19 KB (2,758 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- remains one of the world's least developed countries. ... established railroad lines to neighboring countries and supplied cheap—often ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- active in politics. Nyerere was the first African head of state to retire ... health care "surpassed anything most African countries had achieved, ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 09:54, 12 May 2024
- of Congo and Republic of Congo, both countries lying along the river& ... The Congo and its tributaries drain parts of Central African Republic ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- Bissau is one of the world's poorest countries, with more than two-thirds ... (such as flamingos, Senegal parrots, and African giant kingfishers), monkeys ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- century gave Portugal a handful of African colonies. After World War ... Under Afonso V, the African (1443–1481), the Gulf of Guinea was ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- stable population spread throughout many countries in Africa. ... 1862 book A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages, in which he hypothesized ...25 KB (3,899 words) - 07:30, 20 September 2023
- in Africa and one of the most corrupt countries in the world, ranking with ... centuries) was one of the largest African empires. The European slave ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- second smallest (in terms of population) African country (larger only than ... as the Guinea line, which is a flaw in the African tectonic plate that has ...27 KB (4,031 words) - 02:25, 21 April 2023
- Founded perhaps as early as the tenth century, Timbuktu is an African ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- India and East Africa, where they acquired African wives and slaves. The written ... is predominantly of mixed Asian and African origin, though those who ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- vegetables and is grown and eaten in many countries around the world. It is ... Indonesia, Vietnam, India, and some other Asian countries are also ...11 KB (1,640 words) - 07:24, 24 October 2022
- Henry the Navigator, probed along the West African coast. Scientific curiosity ... trading companies, entered treaties with African rulers and began to create ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- of colonial territories along the African coast for many years. The ... Badajoz Junta in 1524, at which the two countries tried to reach an agreement ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- Guianese Creoles (people of primarily African heritage mixed with some ... , and 28.6 percent were born in foreign countries (most notably Brazil, Suriname ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 10:54, 11 April 2024
- part of North America alone and among the countries of Central America, not ... various islands, many of which belong to countries on the continent. Many ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
