Discovering Africa Series

The subcontinent of West Africa is a vast area of land which includes the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cte dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. The region is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the south, and the Sahara desert to the north. The eastern border is less precise cutting across an area from Mount Cameroon to Lake Chad. This book provides the reader with a fascinating insight into the region of West Africa country-by-country, examining the customs, history, geography, and natural world.

East Africa is a large area spanning the most easterly region of the African continent. Countries of this region include Burundi, Comoros and Mayotte, Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Runion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, and Uganda. Renowned for its concentrations of wild animals, beautiful landscapes, exceptional ancient history, and diverse culture, it is also widely understood among most archaeologists, that East Africa is where modern humans first appeared. This book provides the reader with a fascinating insight into the region of East Africa country-by-country, examining the customs, history, geography, and natural world.

The vast areas of North and Central Africa include the contrasting countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and Western Sahara in the north of the continent, to Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, So Tom and Prncipe, Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Sudan in Africas central zone. All the countries examined here, while very different in their physical nature, are blessed with strikingly beautiful landscapes, wonderous architecture, and intriguing cultures. This book provides the reader with a fascinating insight into the regions of North and Central Africa, country-by-country, examining the customs, history, politics, geography, and natural world.