9781422280713

CONTENTS

Benin 8 Burkina Faso 12 Cameroon 16 Cape Verde 20 Côte D’Ivoire 24 Gambia 28 Ghana 32 Guinea 36 Guinea-Bissau 40 Liberia 44

Mali 48 Mauritania 54 Niger 58 Nigeria 62 Senegal 66 Sierra Leone 70

Togo 74 Index 78 Further Information 80

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