Harding Middle School Grade 7 - Ms. Hoy	Middle School Pathfinders Lakewood City Schools Lakewood Public Library

Use these sites to research the history of western Africa:

History for Kids: Ancient Africa | West Africa and the Bantu

BBC: The Story of Africa

Africa: Country Studies

About.com African History - Countries of West Africa

Mr. Dowling's African History Page

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning

Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu, Library of Congress

The Islamic World to 1600

Old World Contacts

World History: HyperHistory

OneSearch - Search databases

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West Africa comprises the western portion of the Sudan and the coastal region, or Guinea Coast. The countries of the western Sudan include Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. The countries of the Guinea Coast are Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.